Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s high-stakes gamble on a snap election has paid off, with voters handing her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a big majority Sunday, according to public broadcaster NHK.

The yen extended a string of recent losses in early Asian trading on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to victory in Sunday's election, easing the path to further fiscal stimul...

Ms. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured an absolute majority in Japan’s 465-member House of Representatives, the lower house of Japan’s bicameral Parliament, according to results analyzed by N...