US Edition
Parliamentary Vote to Pick New Japan PM Arranged for Oct. 21
6 Articles
6 Articles
Diet vote to pick new Japan PM likely to be held on Oct 21
The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are making final arrangements for the Diet vote to choose Japan's next prime minister to be held on Oct 21, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The vote by lawmakers to pick the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, previously…
Parliamentary vote to pick new Japan PM arranged for Oct. 21
The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are making final arrangements for the parliamentary vote to choose Japan's next prime minister to be held on Oct. 21, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
[Yomiuri Shimbun] Regarding the Prime Minister nomination election at the extraordinary Diet session, Constitutional Democratic Party Secretary-General Yasumi, Japan Restoration Party Secretary-General Nakaji, and Democratic Party for the People Secretary-General Shiba met in the Diet on the 14th and agreed to hold a meeting of the three party leaders on the 15th to determine whether cooperation is possible.
The Diet will soon convene to elect a new prime minister, bringing to a close the reign of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Yasutaka Nakasone, a member of the House of Representatives from the Liberal Democratic Party, has been at the forefront of the movement to oust Ishiba, calling for his resignation. Nakasone...
On the 14th, Liberal Democratic Party's House of Councillors National Affairs Committee Chairman Hitoshi Isozaki met with Constitutional Democratic Party's House of Councillors National Affairs Committee Chairman Yoshitaka Saito at the Diet and conveyed the government's policy to convene an extraordinary Diet session on the 21st.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
