Japanese Stocks Hit Record High After Takaichi’s Election Victory

The victory gives Takaichi a strong mandate to pursue measures to improve Japan’s economy, including tax cuts and increased military readiness.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 8, 2026. Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News via AP

The Nikkei 225 hit a record on Feb. 9 after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

According to the Nikkei 225’s official site, the average closing price was 56,363.94, up 2,110.26, or 3.89 percent, following a high of 57,337.07 during the day.