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Japan’s prime minister Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help ...
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Takaichi Dominates Japan’s Lower House Election

On February 8, Japanese voters went to the polls in a snap election for the lower house of the National Diet (Japan’s House of Representatives) and delivered a sweeping mandate to Prime Minister Sanae ...
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Prime Minister Takaichi’s party wins a supermajority in Japan’s lower house

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide legislative victory, with her Liberal Democratic Party ...
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Emboldened by election win, Takaichi to push revisions to Japan’s security policy, constitution

“We will accelerate our revision of the three national security documents to fundamentally strengthen our national security policy. We will also attempt to revise the constitution.” That was the ...
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Japan's Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...