Today, Prime Minister Kishida will dissolve the House of Representatives, and it will be decided that the House of Representatives election will be announced on the 19th of this month and will be counted on the 31st.
Countermeasures against the new coronavirus and economic policies are expected to become issues, and each party will enter a de facto election campaign.
We will update the movements of the day from time to time.
Decided to dissolve the government's extraordinary cabinet meeting (9:00)
At an extraordinary cabinet meeting held after 9 am, the government decided that Prime Minister Kishida and all ministers would sign a cabinet decision to dissolve and dissolve the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives will be disbanded at a plenary session scheduled to be held at 1:00 pm, with the dissolution rescripts being read aloud, and the parties will enter a de facto election campaign.
Prime Minister Kishida "We are welcoming you today with a solemn feeling" (around 7:30)
When Prime Minister Kishida entered the Prime Minister's Office at around 7:30, he told reporters, "We must make decisions from the people. We are very solemn. We are appointed as Prime Minister. It's been 11 days since then, and I've explained what the new cabinet will do, but through the elections, I would like to firmly appeal what we are trying to do and what we are aiming for. I would like to say at a press conference. "