
Japan Affirms Its MAGA Alliance
Japan has re-elected its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in a landslide victory for her ruling coalition, giving it a two-thirds majority in the lower house. Her own affiliated party, the Liberal Democrats, won a majority by itself. Takaichi is a strong supporter of both the United States and of President Trump, whose conservative policies she mirrors in the Land of the Rising Sun. Takaichi, 64, took a gamble only three months into office by calling a snap election to consolidate her power. The straight-shooting conservative won her bet as her coalition of the Japan Innovation Party and the Liberty Democratic Party, the LDP of yore, took 310 out of 465 seats in the lower chamber. Her super-majority gives her enough votes to override any vetoes by the upper chamber. Takaichi’s goals since coming into office have been to beef up the economy, strengthen the country’s military, and, with the U.S., build a strong defensive posture against China. The first two goals are definitely Trumpian, but whether the MAGA master himself is willing to commit to a strong defense of Taiwan and the Pacific region in general is another question altogether. Takaichi, who met Trump on his Asia swing in
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