Report: Japan snap elections in October

Japan's ruling party will dissolve the lower house of parliament and call for snap elections next month, media reported Thursday.

The Asahi daily newspaper and other Japanese media said parliament will be dissolved October 3 and that elections would be held October 26.

A party spokeswoman, who declined to give her name citing department policy, said nothing had been officially decided.

The Liberal Democratic Party is expected to elect its new leader on Monday. Parliament is all but guaranteed to vote in the new LDP leader as Japan's prime minister because of the party's strong majority in the lower house.

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