Japan PM readies snap election, Feb. 8 ballot eyed
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Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote
This comes as Japan's ruling LDP under new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to call an election likely in February.
A growing number of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers expect Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to dissolve the Lower House at the onset of the ordinary Diet session later this month.