Shigeru Ishiba wins Japan's Senate prime minister nomination election

On November 11, local time, Japan convened a special parliament to hold an election for the nomination of the prime minister. Shigeru Ishiba won the Japanese Senate's nomination election for the prime minister. Although in Japanese law, the Senate and the House of Representatives have equal powers in principle, the House of Representatives has priority in making decisions on legislation and the appointment and removal of the prime minister. In other words, even if the two houses may reach different results in the nomination election for the prime minister, the result of the House of Representatives election is the final result. In the first round of voting in the Japanese House of Representatives' nomination election for the prime minister, all those who received votes did not receive the required number of votes, and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba and the leader of the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, Yoshihiko Noda, entered the runoff round of voting. (Kim Ten)