Japan PM Kishida rules out dissolving lower house "as of now"

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday ruled out dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap election "as of now," amid growing speculation that he would do so following the Group of Seven summit in his constituency of Hiroshima."As we are putting our priority on important challenges bearing fruit, I am not thinking of a dissolution (of the lower house) and a general election," Kishida said at a press conference to conclude the three-day summit he hosted in western Japan.The first G-7 summit in Japan in seven years took place less than a month after his ruling Liberal Democr…READ FULL ARTICLE