Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament’s powerful lower house as early as this month, setting up a snap election aimed at securing voter backing for her agenda while her ...

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi calls snap election next month: ‘Staking my own future as PM’ - Takaichi promises a two-year halt to an 8% consumption tax on food and says her spending plans would create jobs, ...