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Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae says she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a snap election. She hopes to get an electoral mandate for her party's coalition with the Japan Innovation Party as well as her fiscal and defense policies.
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00:00Japanese Prime Minister Takahichi Sanae has formally announced she will dissolve the legislature on Friday.
00:07Takahichi hopes to secure a mandate for her liberal Democratic Party's coalition with the Japan Innovation Party.
00:13She also wants support for her expansionary fiscal policy and a plan to review key security papers to boost Japan's defenses.
00:22Takahichi says a snap election will be held on February 8th.
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