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Japan PM Takaichi set to dissolve parliament for snap election
Sanae Takaichi counts on high cabinet approval ratings to carry her otherwise unpopular ruling party to victory.
Taipei Times
Japanese PM dissolves parliament
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday dissolved the lower house of parliament, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help the governing party regain ground after major losses over the past few years,
AOL
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 governing party regain ground after major losses in recent ...
Japan's PM dissolves parliament after three months in office, setting up snap election
The move by Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help her governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years. View on euronews
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi dissolves parliament after three months in office
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament, paving the way for a snap election on February 8. The move is viewed as an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help the governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years.
Tempo.co English
Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi Dissolves Parliament Three Months After Taking Office
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi officially dissolved the parliament on Friday, January 23, 2026, to pave the way for a snap general election to be held on February 8. This move came just three months after Takaichi took office as the first female prime minister in Japan's history.
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Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, hopes to bolster her power in a snap election. But she faces hurdles.
Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi’s ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote
NHK says Takaichi’s ruling coalition led by her Liberal Democratic Party could win more than two-thirds of the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of the country’s two-chamber parliament.