Snap election

• Japan PM Takaichi must face bond investors before winning over voters - TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a crucial markets test in the final run-up to a snap election this weekend where she is hoping a decisive victory will give her a mandate for expansionary fiscal policy.
• Analysis-A crisis of confidence in the yen looms over Japan PM Takaichi's election gamble - By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The spectre of coordinated yen buying by Tokyo and Washington has propped up Japan's currency, but history suggests the impact of an actual