Japan PM Kishida unlikely to call snap election within 2023: sources

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unlikely to call a snap election later this year as he is expected to make efforts through November to ensure the early passage of a draft supplementary budget, government sources said Friday.In December, Kishida is certain to concentrate on compiling an initial draft budget for the next fiscal year from April 2024, making it more difficult for him to dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election by the end of the year, the sources said.A diplomatic event slated for December has also quelled speculation that Kishida, who has been eager…READ FULL ARTICLE