Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono (far right) reads an Imperial rescript ordering a dissolution of the lower house at a plenary session on Aug. 8. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi later decided to call a general election for Sept. 11.

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