The Japanese government decided to dissolve the House of Representatives at a Cabinet meeting...dissolution of the House of Representatives in the afternoon

Japan's Ishiba government held an extraordinary Cabinet meeting this morning and decided to dissolve the House of Representatives.

The Ishiba government signed a memorandum in an extraordinary cabinet meeting to decide the dissolution of the House of Representatives by all ministers, including Prime Minister Ishiba.

Later, at the plenary session of the House of Representatives at 3:30 p.m. today, the House of Representatives will be dissolved as the chairman of the House of Representatives, Fukushiro Nukaga, reads the dissolution report.

After that, the Japanese government will hold another extraordinary cabinet meeting to officially confirm the schedule for the general election, which will require an election announcement on the 15th and a vote on the 27th.

All elections in the House of Representatives in 26 days, including the dissolution of the House of Representatives eight days after the prime minister's inauguration, are the shortest after Japan's war.

After the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the election phase begins in earnest.