Japan’s Abe calls snap election

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to media after North Korea’s missile launch, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 15, 2017. (File photo by Reuters)

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election on Monday, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with North Korea reach fever-pitch.
“I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th” of September, Abe told reporters, a precursor to a general election.