Voters on the streets of Tokyo were baffled Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the Lower House for a snap election that a recent poll said more than 60 percent of the nation does not support.
A young voter in the upscale Ginza district who was interviewed by The Japan Times said Abe failed to clarify his reasons for calling an election.
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