A majority of House of Representatives members voted to have Mori -- president of the Liberal Democratic Party -- keep the prime ministership as the Diet convened for a three-day special session. Mori was also re-elected prime minister by the House of Councilors.
Mori's re-election was supported by the three ruling parties--the LDP, New Komeito and the New Conservative Party-- which together hold a majority in both chambers of the legislature, despite the triumvirate's setback in the June 25 general election.
With official re-election in hand, Mori was set to call his Cabinet appointees to the Prime Minister's Official Residence in the evening, with a ceremony at the Imperial Palace to follow.