(Update 2) Ishiba Elected Japan's New Prime Minister

   Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba, new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister Tuesday to succeed Fumio Kishida.
   Ishiba, 67, plans to dissolve the House of Representatives, the all-important lower parliamentary chamber, on Oct. 9 for a general election on Oct. 27.
   He will deliver a policy speech at both parliamentary chambers on Friday.
   The ruling coalition plans to hold question-and-answer sessions over his speech among political party representatives for two days from Monday and a debate among party leaders on Oct. 9. Opposition parties have rejected the plan.
   Ishiba chose former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, 68, as finance minister and former administrative reform minister Seiichiro Murakami, 72, as internal affairs minister.

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