Japan PM Kishida rules out lower house dissolution during Diet session

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ruled out dissolving the lower house of the Diet during the ongoing parliamentary session through next week, after the main opposition party looked set to submit a no-confidence motion against his Cabinet.Kishida told reporters his government's role is to "address challenges that have been postponed to date" and that, based on that view, "I am not thinking about dissolving the House of Representatives by the end of the current parliamentary session."Some political experts say Kishida may dissolve the lower house in the autumn after reshuffli…READ FULL ARTICLE