The Japanese parliament will hold an extraordinary session to elect a prime minister after the February 18 elections to the House of Representatives (lower house), the Dzidzi Tsushin news agency reported.
As noted, the Japanese Constitution stipulates that an extraordinary session of parliament must be convened within 30 days of the House of Representatives elections to appoint a prime minister. On the day of the session, the current Cabinet resigns as a whole, after which the newly elected House of Representatives and the acting House of Councilors vote separately for a new prime minister, who then forms a new government.
Given that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) currently holds more than two-thirds of the seats in the lower house, Japanese media believe that party leader and current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will remain in office.
