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When a Japanese Prime Minister Dissolves Lower House, History Is Made — for Better or Worse

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:34 JST, January 10, 2026

For successive prime ministers, dissolution of the House of Representatives — a move often called their “treasured family sword,” an idiom for a weapon of last resort — has been one of the most daunting political decisions, with its outcome dictating the very survival of their administrations.

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