00:00Japanese Prime Minister Takeichi Sinai has dissolved the lower House of Parliament and called for a snap election on February 8th.
00:08All 465 seats are up for grabs.
00:11Takeichi hopes to win a mandate for her Liberal Democratic Party's new coalition with the Japan Innovation Party,
00:17plus voters' blessing for her fiscal and defense policies.
00:20Her chief rival will be a new party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, formed in part by the LDP's previous coalition partner, the Kamedo.
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