Japan PM tells party he will call election, delay sales tax rise
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Tokyo - AFP
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his party Tuesday he would call a snap general election and delay a planned sales tax rise, the day after figures showed the country was in recession.
"Prime Minister Abe expressed his intention at an extraordinary board meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party that he would dissolve the House of Representatives," Jiji Press said.
The vote, which is likely to come in mid-December, is two years earlier than necessary.
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