Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Celebration (LDP), speaks at an LDP election rally in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Merchants are bracing for elevated volatility because the Feb. 8 decrease home election approaches. Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs
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