Tokyo, Japan - Recent Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. The Diet, or parliament, convened an extraordinary session Monday afternoon to choose the prime minister. As the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito lost its majority in the general election last month, the vote ran into a runoff between Ishiba and major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party leader Yoshihiko Noda. In the runoff voting in the House of Representatives, 67-year-old Ishiba received 221 votes, outperforming Noda to become the country's 103rd prime minister. He will later be formally inaugurated at a ceremony at the Imperial Palace and hold a press conference in the evening. Ishiba took office as the country's 102nd prime minister in early October and promptly called a snap election, aiming to solidify his position. But instead of a strengthened mandate, the LDP and Komeito got a total of 215 of the 465 seats in the powerful House of Representatives in the general election on Oct 27, below the 233 seats needed for the majority. Shotlist: Tokyo, Japan - Recent: 1. Various of National Diet building; 2. National flag of Japan; FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Date Unknown 3. Various of National Diet building, national flag; 4. Sign reading "National Diet Main Gate"; 5. Japanese national flag; FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Aug 18, 2023 6. Sign showing Japanese prime minister's official residence; FILE: Tokyo, Japan - 2017 7. Building of Japanese prime minister's official residence; 8. Sign of "Prime Minister's residence"; FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Aug 14, 2024 9. Various of Liberal Democratic Party headquarters, signs, security personnel; Tokyo, Japan - Recent 10. Various of traffic, pedestrians. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]