On the morning of the 23rd, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and all cabinet ministers signed and approved the resolution for the dissolution of the House of Representatives during a cabinet meeting. The House of Representatives will be dissolved on the same day.
According to Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, the Steering Committee of the House of Representatives decided during a meeting of directors on the 21st to hold a plenary session of the House at 1 p.m. on the 23rd, where the official dissolution of the House is expected to be announced at the start of the meeting.
On the 19th, Takaichi stated at a press conference that the notice for the House of Representatives election would be issued on the 27th, with voting to be held on February 8.
The current term of the members of the Japanese House of Representatives was originally set to expire in October 2028. According to the Japanese Constitution, a new Diet session must be convened within 30 days after the House of Representatives election to hold the prime ministerial nomination election.