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Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a vote Monday.
The vote was held during the special Diet session convened the same day.
The ruling bloc of Ishiba’s LDP and its partner, Komeito, holds a majority in the Upper House.
