Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will dissolve the House of Representatives on Thursday, the last day of the current Diet session.
After the dissolution, the government will hold a Cabinet meeting to decide on the schedule for the lower house election, which is expected to be held on Oct. 31, with campaigning to start on Oct. 19.
"I greet today with a very solemn heart. Through the election, I would like to make a firm appeal to the people about what we are trying to do and what we are aiming for," Kishida said on Thursday morning.
"I have had a very intense schedule for the past 11 days [since becoming prime minister on Oct. 4]. But strangely enough, I do not feel tired, I feel fulfilled," he said to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office.
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