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On November 11, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was confirmed a second time as the prime minister by the National Diet. He will be heading a minority government led by his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito. Promising to create “a future for all citizens,” he appealed to the public for support: “In both foreign […]
Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority government that may push him to yield more to an emboldened opposition bloc. In the first runoff vote in three decades to select a […]
このページを 日本語 で読む On the morning of November 11, the first Shigeru Ishiba Cabinet formally resigned during an extraordinary cabinet meeting. The 215th special session of the House of Representatives convenes on November 11. In the afternoon, Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to be elected Japan’s 103rd Prime Minister after a […]