Ishiba formally reelected as Japan PM, eyes minority gov't

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority government that may push him to yield more to an emboldened opposition bloc.The first runoff vote in three decades to select a new prime minister saw Ishiba, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, defeat his rival Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, at the opening of a four-day parliamentary session.While the outcome was widely expected, i…READ FULL ARTICLE