00:00Prime Minister Sanai Takaishi's Liberal Democratic Party won a resounding victory in Japan's SNAP election.
00:07Along with its coalition partner, the Prime Minister's party won some 310 of the 465 seats in the lower house,
00:14which will allow it to pass budgets and laws quickly.
00:17The victory, which is attributed to the popularity of Takaishi, the first woman to hold the position,
00:21contrasts with the back of the opposition, whose coalition suffered a drastic reduction in seats.
00:26This result consolidates the Liberal Economic Reform Project of the LDP,
00:30the party that has governed Japan for most of the last seven decades.
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