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Japanese voters give their take on Takaichi ahead of Sunday’s snap election

(6 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++CLIENTS NOTE: UPDATED SHOTLIST 6. SOUNDBITE TRANSCRIPT++ ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Tokyo - 27 January 2026 1. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaking during her campaign with coalition partner, UPSOUND (Japanese) “First and foremost, food security - whatever happens, there will be no trouble for people of Japan to access food.” 2. Takaichi supporters waving Japanese flags 3. Takaichi supporters clapping ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 4. Campaign board displaying candidates from each party representing the local district ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 6 February 2026 5. Campaign poster of Takaichi ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 6. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Riho Shimogomi, Tokyo resident: “I think she (Takaichi) has strong leadership skills. It’s sort of charismatic, or related to that. I think that's better than being ambiguous.” ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Tokyo - 27 January 2026 7. Various of Takaichi campaigning ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 8. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Chisato Okumura, Tokyo resident and Centrist Reform Alliance supporter: “I think politics is becoming like a tabloid-style TV talk shows. If you say something sensational and grab attention, that alone can get you elected. I’m a bit concerned that this kind of dynamic is starting to take hold.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 6 February 2026 9. Campaign poster of Takaichi 10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Chiharu Sasaki, Tokyo resident: “It feels like her (Takaichi) image comes first, and she is not actually doing what she should be doing or is explaining things properly. That makes it hard for me to trust her.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 5 February 2026 11. Japan’s Communist Party’s (JCP) campaign poster reading (English) “No War” 12. JCP’s campaign posters reading (English) “Gender Equality” and “Act Now” (on climate change) 13. Wide of JCP’s campaign truck ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 14. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Chisato Okumura, Tokyo resident and Centrist Reform Alliance supporter: “It is said that the consumption tax is going to be the major issue of this election, but what I’m most concerned about is how Japan plans to respond when it comes to world peace.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 23 January 2026 15. Various of Yoshihiko Noda, head of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), campaigning ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 16. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Chisato Okumura, Tokyo resident and Centrist Reform Alliance supporter: “You can’t just frame everything as right-wing or left-wing. When it comes to economic policy, we need them to be innovative, but something like world peace absolutely must be protected. Those issues can’t be neatly sorted into ‘right’ or ‘left’ - you can’t reduce them to extreme, black-and-white arguments. So I trust someone more when they say they’ll take the best from both sides. It makes me feel like they’ll respond flexibly.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 23 January 2026 17. Banner reading (English) ‘Centrist Reform Alliance’ 18. Supporters of CRA holding posters 19. Leaders of CRA, Noda (far left) and Tetsuo Saito during a campaign ASSOCIATED PRESS Funabashi, Japan - 29 January 2026 20. Sanseito supporter holding Japanese flag 21. Sohei Kamiya, leader of Sanseito, talking during campaign rally 22. Supporters of Sanseito party clapping 23. Kamiya calling out party's name, UPSOUND (Japanese) "One, Two, Sanseito" ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo - 3 February 2026 24. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Chiharu Sasaki, Tokyo resident: ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...