Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s striking victory in Sunday¡¯s election has catapulted Â鶹´«Ã½ political landscape to a time many had already begun to forget ¡ª a time when her Liberal Democratic Party held largely unfettered control over the levers of power.
Following a short hiatus after the party was all but declared dead ¡ª with many proclaiming the start of a new era ©` the LDP rose from the ashes to win back the domineering position it had long held.
But Sunday¡¯s triumph is less a master stroke of the LDP than a success of its indisputable architect: Takaichi herself.
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