Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi led her Liberal Democratic Party to a resounding victory in Sunday’s snap election, considerably strengthening the party’s executive mandate The election results could also be read as implicit support for Ms Takaichi’s defiant position towards China China has taken a range of diplomatic and economic measures following Ms Takaichi’s comments on how Japan might react in a future China-Taiwan conflict scenario Should relations worsen, Fathom’s analysis finds that China has far more scope for inflicting