Sunday, 23 February 2025
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's newly elected ruling party leader and soon-to-be prime minister, has decided to hold a general election on Oct. 27, according to a report by Tokyo-based Kyodo News on Sunday.
Ishiba, who was chosen as the head of the Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, plans to dissolve the lower house — the House of Representatives — for a snap election to seek a fresh public mandate.
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