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  • Japan’s incoming leader calls general election as he seeks to unify party

    Japan’s incoming leader calls general election as he seeks to unify party

    TOKYO — Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday that he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his victory in one of the closest-ever leadership races for the governing Liberal Democratic Party. The poll, which will come a year early and ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November, will decide which party controls parliament’s…