Japan Parties Gear Up for Election in 1st Weekend since Dissolution

Japan Parties Gear Up for Election in 1st Weekend since Dissolution
Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese political parties began gearing up in earnest for the upcoming House of Representatives election on Saturday, the first weekend since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, the day before. Takayuki Kobayashi, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said at a press conference in the c...