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Politics
Tess Ikonomou

Japan-Australia ties to strengthen after election

Australia and Japan will likely to look to strengthen supply chains in a bid to shield both nations from economic coercion, following a landslide election victory by Tokyo's "Iron Lady".

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's party won a two-thirds super majority in the lower house, which means she can override the upper chamber.

The conservative, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, is Japan's first female prime minister.

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