Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Has Called A Snap Election

ABC News Online: Japan to go to the polls next month after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls snap election

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he plans to dissolve parliament this Thursday and take the country to the polls next month.

He is striking while the iron is hot — a weekend survey by the Nikkei newspaper showed 44 per cent of voters planned to vote for Prime Minister Abe's Liberal Democratic Party versus 8 per cent for the main opposition Democratic Party

Mr Abe has been in power for almost five years. He was elected in late 2012, promising to turn around Japan's sleepy economy.

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WNU Editor: The voters will go to the polls on October

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