{"id":460925,"date":"2026-02-08T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460925\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:57:08","slug":"japan-votes-in-snap-election-as-pm-takaichi-takes-a-gamble-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460925\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5OcUFVMFBNb1NvZ2ZyTkRPbjJsejJRVGg3bWtTWVNsNWRqT2docF9xNFpfVEdDYU1XNHBiU1VEQjNJMW83YkZzUnlELXN5NFQ2azFsVTFsd1gwdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNZnBacXJ6Q2hIWXRRSHN4bDdYb0ZWb19NUGZlTEJ5NzV1TWExLVc3RmFja3Y4dktRTGI3SmM0S2h5c0k1bUxtUW1mYWVxZnZyS01wQUhOd2JwNGNWZEpTbE5lRFFGRkNGeElwa1Y5OEJ4bG5wRWNqRHVPbWFzRG00MFBYRHlVaGdMQ3BQZ0lYMmpoMFV6ZTBzd1E0cjNGMW9fWTdJMUc5N2xHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Young Voters Can\u2019t Get Enough of Japan\u2019s Conservative Prime Minister<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPUVdhZXk0OFNhTHBxaEVMNkcxM2N6eC00T1BsY0NmQkFiZGRHZjNTQkEzc09CZlRIay1LbkpBMm5NN3JLYUE4UWtZS1V5ZEp6VGVHTUhZQzhoQ25leElzbjNTb1doMHZ5UVBmM0tqTkNJYW5HcEdiY0dnOGhDR3lYOHd0UHI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan\u2019s \u2018Iron Lady\u2019 bets the house<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan\u2019s Sanae Takaichi tipped for big win as polls open in snap elections<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQbnBfNW1HS21acGMxMGxHUWtXOWRVcHFrV29PN25peFJmbWlWcGZjSzA3SzdUUTBkT29FaGs5NHVSOU5vcWJ0TWdKeEJnanA1YThaZmVoZTRWU2JTRXV1TDNyb3NUU1NlUW1US3U3R1ZvaGU2elZnMGs5TW5vdk5Tbnh5Ny12V3djUU8tMmg0UE9pdjU5UV8yRVBQa2J6RkpVRXplU1NpeXJuMlExMGhGbXRKYTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japan&#8217;s ultraconservative PM Sanae Takaichi set for a big election victory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCYoung Voters Can\u2019t Get Enough of Japan\u2019s Conservative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-460925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}