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Less than half a year into office and Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has called a snap election, dissolving the Lower House on Jan. 23 and sending voters to the polls on Feb. 8. “I am putting my future as prime minister on this election,” Takaichi said at a press conference Monday, according to…


