TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is increasingly certain to call a snap election, perhaps within weeks, as domestic support surges after a G7 summit that drew a surprise visit by Ukraine's president. While an election for parliament's more powerful lower house is not due until 2025, Kishida is keen to beef up his strength in the ruling Liberal...
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a bilateral meeting held by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres , on the sideline of the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima, western Japan on May 21.TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is increasingly certain to call a snap election, perhaps within weeks, as domestic support surges after a G7 summit that drew a surprise visit by Ukraine's president.
Holding an election soon would let Kishida benefit from support rates that have shot up nine percentage points in several polls since the G7 summit began on May 19, as well as perceptions that have strengthened his image as a global leader. This received a boost from President Volodymyr Zelinskiy's unexpected appearance, as well as television images of the two leaders offering flowers at a monument to atomic bomb victims.
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