Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is to call a snap general election, her coalition partner has said, as she seeks to convert her high public approval ratings into a parliamentary majority for her ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Takaichi informed senior colleagues on Wednesday of her intention to dissolve the lower house of parliament soon after it reconvenes on January 23, according to Hirofumi Yoshimura, whose Japan Innovation Party governs in coalition with the LDP.
She is then expected to call the snap poll in February. No date has been set. Local media, citing senior LDP party members, said the most likely election dates were February 8 or 15.
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