日本首相石破茂（Shigeru Ishiba）预计将获得足够的支持，从而再次当选国会议员。尽管较小的反对党高管星期四宣布，他们不会支持日本主要反对党领袖石破茂竞选首相。

　　执政的自民党和主要反对党立宪民主党都迫切希望在下个月选举新首相之前赢得较小反对党的支持，因为在星期天的大选之后，这两个政党在众议院都没有占多数。

　　The secretary general of the Democratic Party for the People told his LDP counterpart on Thursday that the small opposition party, which saw its seats quadruple in the weekend election, will vote for its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki, during a special parliamentary session, likely starting Nov 11, to select the next prime minister.

　　日本第二大在野党革新党（Japan Innovation Party）的一名高管表示，该党也不太可能投票支持日本民主党总裁野田佳彦（Yoshihiko Noda）。

　　无论是石破茂还是野田佳彦，要想当选首相，都必须获得多数人的支持。如果两人都没有达到这一门槛，投票将进行决选，得票最多的候选人将被任命为该职位。

　　自民党和公明党（Komeito party）组成的联盟拥有215个席位，距离众议院233个席位的多数席位还差18个，而自民党拥有148个席位。

　　The DPP told the LDP in the secretary general meeting that it will vote for Tamaki in all votes, which would benefit the ruling party if Ishiba and Noda compete in a runoff.

　　在执政集团惨败后，日本陷入了政治不确定性，这是在石破上任不到一个月后发生的。

　　The LDP and the DPP are exploring ways to promote policy coordination.

　　LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama called on his DPP counterpart Kazuya Shimba to work together to craft a draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2024 to fund inflation relief measures and an initial budget plan for the next fiscal year from April.

　　While Moriyama proposed setting up a committee to be joined by policy chiefs of both parties for coordination, Shimba said his party would deal with measures on a case-by-case basis, the DPP No. 2 told reporters.

　　然而，由于担心税收可能减少，政府仍不愿采取这一措施。

　　Moriyama told reporters that Shimba said the DPP will positively consider accepting a proposal to hold a meeting between Ishiba and Tamaki.

　　据日本自民党官员透露，石破还计划于下周与自民党党魁巴巴信行举行会谈。

　　野田佳彦也在争取支持。野田佳彦曾在自民党前任领导下担任日本首相一年多（截至2012年12月）。他在一个电视节目中表示：“现实地说，要获得提名将很难。”