第２次石破内閣、今夜発足　特別国会召集、首相が会見へ

　衆院選を受けた第２１５特別国会が１１日召集された。石破茂首相（自民党総裁）は衆参両院の首相指名選挙で第１０３代首相に選出され、夜に第２次石破内閣が発足する見通し。首相は記者会見を開き、２０２４年度補正予算案の年内成立に向け、少数与党として野党の協力を得つつ、政権を運営していく方針を説明する。
　首相は首相官邸で記者団に「選挙結果を謙虚に、厳粛に受け止めなければならない。あらゆる党と誠実に向き合う」と強調。立憲民主党の野田佳彦代表は党会合で、衆院予算委員長のポスト獲得などを踏まえ、「表の議論で物事が決まる新しい国会を創造したい」と意気込みを語った。
　第１次内閣は午前の臨時閣議で総辞職した。衆院本会議の首相指名選挙は、１回目投票で誰も過半数に届かず、首相と野田氏による決選投票となる公算。野党の対応は割れており、首相の選出が確実な情勢だ。
　首相は直ちに組閣に着手し、法相に鈴木馨祐氏、農林水産相に江藤拓氏、国土交通相に公明党の中野洋昌氏を起用。他の閣僚は再任する。（2024/11/11-11:10）

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet resigned en masse Monday before the Diet, or parliament, names a new prime minister in a special session convened the same day.
   His first cabinet, assembled on Oct. 1, stepped down at an extraordinary cabinet meeting in the morning. Article 70 of the Constitution stipulates that the cabinet must resign en masse when the first Diet session is convened following a general election.
   Ishiba, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to be named as the country's leader once again through votes in both chambers of the Diet later on Monday.
   He is unlikely to win outright in the vote at the House of Representatives, the all-important lower Diet chamber, after the coalition of the LDP and its junior partner Komeito failed to secure a majority in the Oct. 27 general election for the Lower House. But he is all but certain to beat Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in the expected runoff round, as opposition forces have failed to unite for the selection of the new prime minister.
   Ishiba is then seen launching his new cabinet Monday night. Fresh faces for the cabinet are likely to include Keisuke Suzuki as justice minister, Taku Eto as agriculture minister and Komeito's Hiromasa Nakano as land minister. Other posts are expected to be filled by those from Ishiba's first cabinet.