Latest Snap Election News & Updates

Tokyo, Jan 23 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday dissolved House of Representatives for a snap election set to be held on February 8, local media reported. The lower house dissolution at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session effectively began a short campaign time for political parties ahead of the polls, with the ruling and opposition parties proposing lifting the consumption tax on food to ease the burden on households facing inflation, Japan’s Kyodo News report…