Kishida Takes Office as Japan PM, Calls Oct. 31 General Election

Kishida takes office as Japan PM, calls Oct. 31 general election

Fumio Kishida takes office as Japan's prime minister, forming a Cabinet that will seek to keep COVID-19 under control while reviving a battered economy as he looks to appeal to voters heading into an upcoming general election in less than a month.

Japan opposition likely to forgo motion against PM, dual elections

Japan's main opposition party is leaning toward not submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet and triggering double Diet elections, party sources said Wednesday. With the current 150-day regular Diet session set to end in late June, whether the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will move to…