Japan party execs bracing for possibility of Diet dissolution

Political maneuvering intensified Tuesday amid suggestions by ruling party officials that a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet could increase the chances of him dissolving parliament for an election.Ruling party lawmakers left the door open for Ishiba to call a snap election in what appeared to be a warning to the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the only force able to submit a no-confidence motion on its own.Tensions rose after a source close to the leadership quoted Ishiba as telling aides that dissolving the House of Representatives was "in sigh…READ FULL ARTICLE