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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament, paving way for snap election
Japan to hold election on February 8 after the country’s first woman premier, Sanae Takaichi, dissolves parliament.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved parliament in advance of a snap election scheduled for February 8.
The speaker of Japan’s parliament on Friday read out a letter, officially dissolving the lower house as lawmakers shouted the traditional rallying cry of “banzai”.
The dissolution of the 465-member lower house now paves the way for a 12-day election campaign, which officially begins on Tuesday.
Takaichi, the country’s first woman premier, had announced her intentions on Monday to call an election.
Elected in October as Japan’s first female leader, Takaichi has been in office for only three months, but she has seen strong approval ratings of about 70 percent.
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