Japan lawmakers vote Fumio Kishida new prime minister
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[TOKYO] Japan's parliament voted on Monday to approve Fumio Kishida as prime minister, with the new leader expected to announce a cabinet including both holdovers and fresh faces.
The soft-spoken scion of a Hiroshima political family, Mr Kishida beat popular vaccine chief Taro Kono to win leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last week.
AFP
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