[SeijiSensei]

Originally Posted by RRW

http://www.japantoday.com/category/p...tion-on-dec-16

I heard one comment today that the snap election is designed to thwart Ishihara before his Sunshine Party can get better organized to contest the elections. As the article notes, now is not a very auspicious time to hold an election from the DPJ's point of view. It does look like both the DPJ and the LDP will be denied a majority, though, and will need to form a coalition.