Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is executing a political gambit by calling a surprise snap election three months into her tenure.
She¡¯s not the only one, though, it turns out.
Since the first media reports on the impending election emerged, two opposition parties ¡ª the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and Komeito ¡ª have also taken a big risk, by deciding to form a new party.
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