Abe has no plan for general election on same day as upper house poll

Abe has no plan for general election on same day as upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Tamayo Marukawa, a 36-year-old retired newscaster, officially announces her candidacy in the upcoming House of Councillors election at a press conference the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on May 22. .Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he has no intention of calling a general election for the House of Representatives this summer to coincide with the slated upper chamber election.

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