More than five years later, the president’s obsession with his failed re-election bid appears, somehow, to be intensifying.

Japan's new conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for a snap election on February 8.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will dissolve parliament on Friday (Jan 23) ahead of a snap election on Feb 8, counting on her Cabinet's high poll numbers to steer her otherwise unpopular rulin...

Takaichi's ruling bloc is aiming to secure a majority in the powerful lower house, but fears are growing that many votes from supporters of her party's former coalition partner, backed by a major reli...