Ishiba "National election on October 27th"...Prospects for Dissolution of the House of Representatives on the 9th

Shigeru Ishiba, the new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said he will vote and vote on the 27th of next month on the general election following the early dissolution of the House of Representatives.

Ishiba made the remarks at a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo today (9/30).

As a result, Japanese media said that if Ishiba takes office as prime minister tomorrow, he is expected to dissolve the House of Representatives on October 9 and announce the start of the House of Representatives elections on the 15th of the same month.