Shigeru Ishiba elected as Japan's new PM after government resignation
Al Mayadeen English
3 min readBoth houses of the Japanese National Diet have voted on a new prime minister, with the head of government traditionally selected from party leaders by a majority vote.
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Shigeru Ishiba, center, acknowleges after he was elected as new head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democractic Party (LDP) during the party's leadership election on September 27,2024, in Tokyo. (AP)
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