Japan's lower house dissolution

Japan's lower house dissolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives raise hands and shout ''banzai'' (long life), following a longtime practice, when Speaker Yohei Kono declares the lower house is dissolved at the chamber's plenary room in Tokyo on July 21.

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