703 People Preparing to Run in Japan's Lower House Election

703 People Preparing to Run in Japan's Lower House Election
Tokyo, Jan. 10 (Jiji Press)--A total of 703 people are currently preparing to run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, a Jiji Press survey showed Saturday. Each party will rush to field more candidates in response to a view that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may dissolve the all-important lower chamber at the beginning of ...