Japan PM tells party official she is mulling dissolving lower house: source

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a ruling Liberal Democratic Party official that she is considering dissolving the House of Representatives at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session scheduled to begin on Jan. 23, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.Some lawmakers within the LDP are calling for a dissolution while public approval ratings for her Cabinet remain high at around 70 percent in media polls, with a party member saying, "We will proceed with preparations with an early dissolution in mind."If the lower chamber is dissolved, official campaigning for a …READ FULL ARTICLE