Koizumi officially conveyed the intention to dissolve the House of Representatives.

Local time this evening, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party President and Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae held talks with LDP Secretary-General Suzuki Toshihiro and Japan Innovation Party representative Yoshimura Hirofumi, officially conveying the intention to dissolve the House of Representatives. According to reports from Japanese media earlier, Takaichi Sanae has decided to dissolve the House of Representatives on the opening day of the Diet on January 23 and hold early elections. If the House of Representatives is dissolved on January 23, there may be two possible election schedules: one is to announce the election on January 27 and vote on February 8, and the other is to announce the election on February 3 and vote on February 15.