<h1>Japan election poised to enable major shifts in defence, export and immigration rules with implications for civil liberties.</h1> The projected lower-house supermajority for Prime Minister Takaichi's coalition would enable expedited legislative revisions to defence and security policy, including lifting weapons-export limits, enhancing offensive capabilities, increasing defence spending, and implementing tougher anti-espionage and immigration controls, raising potential tensions between national-security aims and civil-rights protections.