Japan's historic landslide proves voters want leaders who protect national identity and reject mass immigration. Takaichi's platform to remove newcomers who refuse to assimilate resonates because preserving extraordinary Japanese culture matters more than globalist pressure. This common-sense right-wing victory shows the world that nations worth preserving will fight back.
Takaichi's supermajority creates dangerous unchecked power to fast-track aggressive militarism and divisive social policies with virtually no opposition. Her reckless Taiwan comments already triggered Chinese economic retaliation that hurts Japanese fishermen and exporters. Young voters may find her charismatic, but concentrating this much authority in one leader who could overreach threatens Japan's democratic balance.
There's a 50% chance that Takaichi Sanae will serve at least 1359 days as Japan's prime minister before 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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