Japan to hold special diet session on February 18 to choose PM

Japan will convene a special parliamentary session on February 18 to choose the Prime Minister following Sunday’s House of Representatives election, local media reported on Tuesday.

According to Jiji Press, the Japanese Constitution stipulates that an extraordinary Diet session must be convened within 30 days after a House



of Representatives election to designate a prime minister. 

On the opening day of the session, the incumbent cabinet will collectively resign. The newly-elected House of Representatives and the current House of Councillors will then vote separately to designate a new Prime Minister, who will subsequently form a new cabinet.