The government and ruling parties are already preparing to get right back to business after Sunday's House of Representatives election, as media projections show the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition on course to achieve a solid victory.
The ruling bloc is arranging to convene a special Diet session around Nov. 1 to vote Prime Minister Shinzo Abe back into office, senior coalition members said Wednesday.
Abe is then expected promptly to form a new Cabinet, which will be formally inaugurated with an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace the same day.