Analysts say that if the weather affects turnout, it is likely to benefit Abe, whose conservative voters are seen as more determined to cast their ballots

Approaching typhoon affects Japan election, Shinzo Abe likely to benefit

Abe's Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition was set to win 311 seats, keeping its two-thirds 'super majority' in the 465-member lower house, an exit poll by TBS television showed

Japan PM Abe's ruling bloc on track for big win in election: TV exit polls

Media forecasts show Abe's gamble on the snap poll is likely to pay off, with his conservative Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition closing in on the two-thirds 'super majority' it had in parliament's lower house before dissolution

Japan goes to vote in snap polls

Members of the lower house raised their arms and shouted 'Banzai' three times -- the Japanese equivalent of "three cheers" -- after the speaker read out a letter from Abe officially dissolving the chamber

Japan's Abe calls snap election, faces challenge from Governor Koike

"I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th of September," Abe told reporters.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls snap elections amid tensions with North Korea

Tokyo stocks opened moderately higher Monday on a weaker yen as traders kept a close eye on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's expected announcement of snap elections

Tokyo stocks open higher, snap vote eyed

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying was speaking in the context of Japan's recent announcement to invest in northeast India

Boundary disputes with India remain, no third party should intervene: China warns Japan

The Japanese government even specially employed Mizuho Financial Group for discovering investment opportunities in India

Joint naval exercise in Malabar will further deepen cooperation between India, Japan & US: PM Abe

The Japanese PM will lay the foundation stone for India's first bullet train in Ahmedabad on September 14

Japanese PM flags off India visit with a hug and a roadshow

The menu for Shinzo Abe and Japanese first lady

Culinary diplomacy: No sushi for Abe

US President Trump spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after N Korea said about new ICBM

US President Trump discusses North Korea threat with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

Such changes come as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes to reform Japan's hidebound farm industry where small-plot holdings still dominate

Tech-savvy farmers will revive Japan's declining agriculture sector

The US confirmed the rocket launch was of an intercontinental ballistic missile

North Korea says ICBM test shows all US within range

A cabinet decision allowing schools to teach the long-banished edict, that urges people to be willing to die for the emperor, has delighted hardcore nationalists but left many Japanese scratching their heads

Anger, confusion as Japan revives militarism-era edict

The Canadian PM Justin Trudeau got it right, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe did not

Watch & learn: How to shake hands with Donald Trump

The US President also revealed he had no immediate plans to fight for his migrant ban at the Supreme Court

Trump says considering new executive order, additional security steps after setback to travel ban

The comments are sure to rile China which claims the Senkaku Islands as the Diaoyus

US, Japan say defence agreements apply to disputed Senkaku islands with China

'We must never repeat the horrors of war again. This is the solemn vow we, the people of Japan, have taken,' he said

At Pearl Harbour, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again

Kremlin economic aide Yuri Ushakov said the two sides would issue a statement about possible joint economic activity on the disputed islands

Abe, Putin head into day two of summit with little to show on isles row

Shinzo Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit the US naval base

Japan PM Abe will not apologise at Pearl Harbor

Abe will be reciprocating a trip President Obama made in May to the Japanese city of Hiroshima

Shinzo Abe to be first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor

Ivanka's presence drew attention in Japan, particularly after the tabloid press reported Trump planned to appoint her?US ambassador to Tokyo

Ivanka sat in on Trump-Abe talks

Trump is someone 'in whom I can have great confidence', said the Japanese PM. It was Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader

Abe meets Trump, calls him able

Donald Trump is expected to use the Abe meeting to reassure Japan and other Asian allies rattled by his campaign rhetoric

Confusion shrouds Trump's first talks with Japanese PM Abe

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