Japan’s right-wing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is eyeing a possible two-thirds majority in the country’s lower house on Sunday as the country fights its way through heavy snowfall to vote in snap legislative elections. Takaichi, who comes from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s ultra-conservative fringe, has promised to suspend a sales tax on food to tackle rising prices.
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Japan’s Takaichi hopes for strong majority in snow-hit snap elections
