FT talked about Takaichi's plans to hold early elections in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering holding general parliamentary elections as early as February in order to take advantage of his high ratings and return his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to the parliamentary majority. The Financial Times newspaper wrote about this on January 12, citing sources.

According to sources, one of the plans under discussion involves the dissolution of the lower house of parliament immediately after its resumption of work on January 23 to hold general elections in about the second week of February.

According to one of the officials, according to the alternative schedule, the elections should be held no earlier than July, so that the LDP would have six months to prepare. The sources add that Takaichi did not give any clear instructions on the timing of possible elections.

According to recent polls, her cabinet's approval rating is about 70% or higher among Japanese people aged 30 to 40, the article says.

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A day earlier, the leader of the Japan Renewal Party, Hirofumi Yoshimura, said that Takaichi had demonstrated her willingness to prematurely dissolve the country's parliament. According to Yoshimura, after this conversation, he was not surprised by media reports about the possible dissolution of parliament.

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