Shigeru Ishiba Formally Re-Elected as Japan Prime Minister Tokyo, 11 Nov (ONA) —- Shigeru Ishiba was formally re-elected as Japan's Prime Minister today after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority government. In the first runoff vote in three decades to select a new prime minister, Ishiba, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, defeated his rival Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main ...