TOKYO: Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida is making final arrangements not to call a snap election in the country during the current session of the Parliament ending on June 23, Japanese media reported on Tuesday citing unnamed sources in the administration.
Kishida has given up a previously planned scenario to win a snap election before September. The ruling party leadership is facing low approval ratings because of the recent funding scandals within the part.
Support for the PM administration has dipped to its lowest point since Kishida assumed the post in 2021 after reports emerged in December 2023 that some Liberal Democratic Party factions had failed to disclose hundreds of millions of yen from fund-raising events.
With recent by-poll losses, ruling party lawmakers have been increasingly opposed to a snap election, and Kishida is set to focus on rebuilding his administration without extending the session of the current parliament session.
