Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda reiterated on Tuesday his reluctance to dissolve the Lower House for a snap general election before the Group of Eight summit this July in Hokkaido.
"There will be a dissolution (of the Lower House) at some point, but the question is when," Fukuda told a news conference marking the official close of the 128-day extraordinary session of the Diet.
"I think (I) must choose a time when (the Lower House dissolution) would not affect the economy or the lives of people," he said.
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