Japan parliament chooses Koizumi as prime minister
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 September 2005, 00:45 CDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - A special session of Japan's parliament re-elected Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to press on with a reform program including privatization of the postal system after his party's landslide election victory this month.
Koizumi, who first took office in April 2001, was chosen leader by members of the 480-seat lower house, where his Liberal Democratic Party took a commanding 296 seats in the September 11 election, ensuring he would remain prime minister.
Koizumi called the election after LDP rebels in the upper house voted with the opposition to defeat bills to privatize Japan Post, a financial services giant with $3 trillion in assets. He had cast the election as a referendum on postal reform, which he considers the core of his reform agenda.
Ahead of the parliamentary vote, all members of Koizumi's cabinet tendered their resignations, but all are expected to be reappointed later in the day.
Source: REUTERS
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