Japan’s Lower House election on 8 February has reshaped the country’s political landscape, delivering a historic landslide victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The result marks a decisive return to strong single-party dominance and significantly strengthens the prime minister’s authority over the policy-making process.

GR Japan examines how an unusually short and high-risk campaign produced such a decisive outcome, the growing role of leadership-driven and social media–focused campaigning, and the rapid fragmentation of the opposition. It also explores the implications of the LDP’s commanding Lower House majority for constitutional revision, economic and fiscal policy, foreign and security policy, and coalition dynamics with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party).

Please read the attached PDF for the analysis of the election result.