US EditionJapan’s Takaichi plans to dissolve lower house to set up an early snap election
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to strengthen her ruling coalition and advance fiscal and defense policies amid a diplomatic dispute with China, backed by a 75% approval rating.
- Later this month the Liberal Democratic Party plans to dissolve the Lower House of Japan's National Diet, with a snap election likely in February, NHK reports.
- With a slim parliamentary majority, party strategists believe the LDP and Japan Innovation Party hold 230 seats, and with three independents, command a slim majority in the 465-seat Lower House.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has told prefectural election boards to prepare as two schedules—Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 announcements with Feb. 8 and Feb. 15 voting—emerge, prompting accelerated party preparations.
- Before deciding, Takaichi may weigh the snap poll's impact on fiscal 2026 budget deliberations and public opinion, while opposition leaders including Noda Yoshihiko vow to oust the coalition, seeking Komeito's alliance.
- Takaichi's diplomatic schedule this week is influencing timing, with summit talks in Nara and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Thursday–Saturday visit shaping the announcement.
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Japanese PM ready to call snap election
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament next week and call a snap election, the secretary-general of her party said on Wednesday, as she seeks public backing for spending plans that have rattled financial markets.
In Japan, Prime Minister Takaichi wants to dissolve Parliament in order to enable new elections.
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