BANGKOK (AP) — Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5% to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.
The landslide victory gives Takaichi a much stronger mandate to pursue market-friendly policies, though the impact on Japan’s currency and bond markets may not be quite so positive.
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