Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

Rather than ignoring the mess or waiting for cleaning staff, a worker stepped out and took care of it himself.

Officials said there was no safety issue from the glitch that occurred after TEPCO restarted the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in north-central Japan.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved Parliament. A snap election is set for February 8. Takaichi seeks to ...

Japan to hold election on February 8 after the country’s first women Premier Sanae Takaichi dissolves parliament.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on February 8, counting on her cabinet's high poll numbers to steer her otherwise unpopular ruling party ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday and raised its economic and inflation forecasts, signalling its confidence a moderate recovery would ...

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