Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to dissolve the lower house later this month for a general election seems motivated by political calculation rather than any desire to seek a fresh mandate for policies.As the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party looked around him, he would have seen support for his Cabinet rebounding somewhat after falling in the wake of a string of scandals, and the main opposition Democratic Party reeling from lawmaker departures.Abe has prioritized "his own interest rather than putting forward a good reason for dissolving" the House of Representatives, an LDP la…READ FULL ARTICLE
