The Japanese House of Representatives has been dissolved.
The Japanese House of Representatives was dissolved on Thursday in a meeting attended by all members and after the dissolution decree was read.
The Japanese House of Representatives was dissolved on Thursday after a meeting was held in the presence of all members of the House and the dissolution decree was read.
General elections are scheduled to be held on October 31 after the expiration of the four-year term of the lower house of parliament (October 21).
In the post-war history of Japan, this is the first time that general elections have been held in the country after the expiration of the term of office. In addition, the time interval between the dissolution of the lower house and the voting day will be the shortest.
Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won the Liberal Democratic Party’s September 29 presidential election, and on October 4 in a parliament controlled by a coalition government led by his party. He was elected Prime Minister.
Fumio Kishida hopes to gain wider public support in the upcoming general election for his policies to improve Japan’s economy affected by the corona outbreak and to develop appropriate measures to counter the pandemic.
In his first official speech, the new Prime Minister of Japan promised to achieve economic growth in a “new form of capitalism” as well as to redistribute the benefits of this success to build a stronger middle class in his country; However, he has recently acknowledged that Japan must achieve economic growth before redistributing wealth.
According to the Kyodo News Network, the popularity of Fumio Kishida’s cabinet is currently around 55.7%.