### [2024-11-11](/feed/2024/11/11/index.md)

##### 2024 Japanese general election
# Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan following the first runoff vote in thirty years. 




### Sources:

1. [Kyodo News](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/58a9cd9d684b-ishiba-poised-to-be-reelected-as-japan-pm-eyes-minority-govt.html)
2. [Mainichi](https://mainichi.jp/articles/20241111/k00/00m/010/129000c)

### Changes:

1. In Japan, Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan in the runoff vote for the first time in thirty years.  _2024-11-11 14:26:59 (First version)_
2. Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan after the first runoff vote in thirty years.  _2024-11-12 02:27:30 (Update)_
2. Shigeru Ishiba is sworn in as the 103rd prime minister of Japan following the first runoff vote in thirty years.  _(Current version)_

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