TOKYO, Japan — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was savouring an election triumph on Monday, with her ruling coalition projected to have won a two-thirds majority in the powerful lower house. If confirmed by official results, the outcome gives Japan’s first female premier a strong mandate to implement her conservative agenda and stamp her mark on the country of 123 million people over the next four years. The Asia-Pacific region will be watching closely, however, to see if Takaichi, 64, ups the ante or lowers the temperature with China after enraging Beijing in November with comments about Taiwan. Financial markets […]... Keep on reading: Japan PM Takaichi basks in election triumph