Shigeru Ishiba was re-elected as the country’s Prime Minister today after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet.

Key Points

• Shigeru Ishiba is the leader of Liberal Democratic Party.
• Ishiba, 67, took over as prime minister from Fumio Kishida, who stepped down in September amid a series of scandals that rattled public trust in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) party.
• Shiba defeated Yoshihiko Noda, the leader of the main opposition party Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. 
• Japnese Parliamnet is called Diet.