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Parties Gear Up to Fight Ultra-Short Election Campaign

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:33 JST, January 23, 2026

Ruling and opposition parties will fight an unprecedentedly short election campaign that will officially begin Tuesday. The House of Representatives was dissolved Friday, and a general election will be held and votes counted on Feb. 8.

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