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Kishida Elected Japan's 101st Prime Minister

© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sisoev / Go to the mediabankRussian and Japanese Foreign Ministers S.Lavrov and F.Kishida meet in Moscow
Russian and Japanese Foreign Ministers S.Lavrov and F.Kishida meet in Moscow - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.11.2021
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - The lower chamber of the Japanese Parliament elected Fumio Kishida, the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the 101st Japanese prime minister by a majority of 297 votes at a session that was broadcast live.
In Japan, a prime minister is elected by a majority vote. Each political party proposes its candidate. Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party secured a majority in the lower chamber on 31 October.
Elections to the lower house of Japan's Parliament took place on Sunday and saw a total of 1,051 candidates from nine parties compete for parliamentary seats. The LDP in coalition with the Komeito Party won 293 of the 465 seats available.
Kishida took over a new cabinet in October, after his predecessor, Yoshihide Suga, resigned due to criticism over his response to the pandemic.
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