Shinzo Abe officially announced plans to dissolve Japan’s parliament on Friday and delay a second increase in consumption taxes by 18 months to April 2017.
The prime minister said he had reached the decision “to ensure that Abenomics will succeed in overcoming deflation and will continue to drive economic growth”.
“We need to turn to the public to seek their opinion on this grave, grave decision,” he added.
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