Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe File photo / AFP
TOKYO—Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of parliament and called a snap election for next month as expected.
The speaker of the house, Tadamori Oshima, on Thursday read a statement of dissolution, ordered by Abe.
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The election is expected to be held on Oct. 22.
The dissolution of the more powerful of Japan’s two-chamber parliament comes more than a year before required by law. /jpv
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