Japan on course for Dec. 16 election and seventh PM in six years

Japan dissolved parliament’s lower house on Friday for a Dec. 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power with a conservative former prime minister at the helm. That prospect has prompted concerns that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who polls …

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Japan on course for Dec. 16 election and seventh PM in six years