The slight boost in the Cabinet's approval rating could prompt Kishida to dissolve the Lower House and call a general election before the end of June.
Voters gave fewer seats to the Japan Communist Party, which wants to dissolve the imperial system, the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.
Japanese voters on October 31 let the ruling LDP retain the majority, and give a four-fold increase in seats to one small party that favors more...
More than once this writer has come out with the view that the government should drop the planned consumption tax rate hike slated to rise...