HALISTER1: Abe Aide Sees 90% Chance of Japan General Election This Year

Abe Aide Sees 90% Chance of Japan General Election This Year

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to call a general election this year, an aide said, as speculation swirls over whether the prime minister will combine a mandated upper house vote with a poll for the lower house.
  • Hakubun Shimomura, 61, said in an interview Thursday there was a 90 percent chance parliament would be dissolved for an election by year-end.
  • Shimomura previously aired this opinion in a TV interview last month
  • Abe doesn’t have to hold a general election until late 2018
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