Sanae Takaichi ahead in Japanese election

高桥圣奈在日本选举中领先

Newshour

2026-02-08

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Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is projected to win in the snap election, while in Thailand a party calling for liberal change is challenging for power again. We report live from Tokyo and Bangkok. Also in the programme: a Russian soldier who fought in Ukraine, fled to Kazakhstan and now faces possible deportation back to Russia, tells us why he deserted; the chief executive of The Washington Post steps down after sacking 300 journalists; and sixty years after the Monkees were formed to rival the Beatles, we hear from the last surviving member, Micky Dolenz. (IMAGE: TV staff gesture in the direction of the cameras as Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gives an interview at the LDP headquarters on general election day in Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 2026 / CREDIT: Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock (16528062x))
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  • you're listening to News Hour with Owen Bennett-Jones and it's election day in Japan.

  • And the country's first female Prime Minister, Sana'a Takahichi, who called the vote,

  • is seeking enough backing to form a stable Liberal Democratic Party government.

  • Now, the LDP is used to holding power in Japan.

  • It's basically been in charge almost continuously since 1955.

  • But recent elections, 24-25, showed that the LDP had lost support.

  • The question today then, can she restore the party to its predominant position?

  • Here are a couple of voters outside a polling station in Tokyo.