Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) delivers an Imperial rescript ordering a dissolution of the House of Representatives to a parliamentary aide to House Speaker Yohei Kono on Aug. 8.

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