TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pic) called for snap elections on Monday, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with North Korea reach fever-pitch.
"I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th" of September, Abe told reporters, a precursor to a general election. – AFP
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