Why Takaichi’s Japan election victory has sparked North Korea’s ‘childish’ fury

SCMP · 2026-02-13
Why Takaichi’s Japan election victory has sparked North Korea’s ‘childish’ fury

North Korea’s claim that Japan has breached a diplomatic “red line” by deepening security partnerships is less about Tokyo’s defence moves than about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive victory at the polls, analysts say, as a weaker mandate could have pushed her to negotiate with Pyongyang. Wi