Name: 日本首相高市早苗尋求民意授權推動支出計畫，宣佈2月大選！| 路透社 (Japan PM Takaichi calls Feb election seeking mandate for spending plans | REUTERS)
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will call a national election on February 8.

日本首相岸田文雄表示，她將在2月8日舉行國會大選。

She wants voter support for higher spending, tax cuts and a new security strategy expected to accelerate Japan's defense buildup.

她希望獲得選民支持，以推動增加支出、減稅和新的安全戰略，預計這將加速日本的軍備擴張。

I stake my position as prime minister on this decision.

我將以首相的職位來賭注這個決定。

I ask the people of Japan to directly judge whether they can entrust the governance of the nation to Sanae Takaichi.

我請求日本人民直接評斷，他們是否能將國家的治理託付給岸田文雄。

Takaichi promised a two year halt to an 8% consumption tax on food and said her spending plans would create jobs as well as boost household spending and increase other tax revenues, government figures show.

岸田文雄承諾將食品消費稅暫停兩年，並表示她的支出計畫將創造就業機會，同時刺激家庭支出並增加其他稅收，政府數據顯示。

A possible consumption tax would reduce government revenue by an estimated $32 billion a year.

可能的消費稅將使政府收入每年減少約320億美元。

That sent the yield on Japan's 10 year government bonds to a 27 year high earlier on Monday.

這使得日本10年期政府公債的殖利率週一早盤創下27年新高。

The snap vote will mark Takechi's first electoral test since becoming Japan's first female premier in October.

這次閃電投票將是岸田文雄自去年10月成為日本首位女性總理以來，首次面臨的選舉考驗。

Calling an early election allows her to capitalize on strong public support and tighten her grip on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and shore up her coalition's fragile majority.

舉行提前大選讓她能夠利用強勁的民意支持，鞏固對執政的自民黨的掌控，並加強她聯合政府脆弱的多數。

The election will test voter appetite for higher spending at a time when the rising cost of living is the public's top concern.

在生活成本不斷上漲成為民眾最關切的問題之際，這次選舉將考驗選民對增加支出的意願。