The vote will decide all 465 seats in parliament’s lower house and mark her first electoral test since becoming leader.
The vote will decide all 465 seats in parliament’s lower house and mark Takaichi’s first electoral test since becoming nation’s first female leader.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a general election to seek voter backing for her spending plans and other policies.
The snap election announcement on Monday comes just three months into her tenure as the nation’s first female prime minister.
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