Kishida to be reappointed as Japan PM in Diet session on Nov. 10

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to hold a special parliamentary session for three days from Wednesday, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set to be reappointed as Japan's leader.The special session follows Sunday's general election, in which Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party and its smaller partner Komeito retained a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives.Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno formally conveyed the Diet schedule to the ruling and opposition parties in the morning. On the first day of the session, a new lower house speaker will be chosen f…READ FULL ARTICLE