A major miscalculation by Fumio Kishida, who will resign as Japan's prime minister at the end of his ruling party's presidential term in September, was his failure to find an opportunity to dissolve the House of Representatives.Shortly after hosting the Group of Seven summit in his home constituency of Hiroshima in May 2023, which included an appearance by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speculation surged that Kishida would call a snap election in the near future.Kishida tried to boost his political standing to establish a long-running government by leading his conservative Libera…READ FULL ARTICLE
