Japan's Parliament has elected Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as the country's prime minister. Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stepped down earlier in the day to make way for the new leader.

Japan’s parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, as the new prime minister on October 1

Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime minister. Mr Ishiba was chosen as the party’s leader on Friday to replace Fumio Kishida,