In an uncommon turn of events in Japan, the gap between the ruling party's leadership election and the subsequent Prime Ministerial nomination has extended beyond a week. This delay is unusual for Japan, where the ruling party's elected leader is traditionally promptly appointed as the Prime Minister. No specific reasons have been disclosed for this extraordinary occurrence.

In Japanese politics, once the ruling party elects a new leader, they are quickly nominated as the Prime Minister owing to the party's dominance in the House of Representatives. Any deviation from this timeline may create anxiety among citizens and uncertainty in administrative actions, unsettling social harmony, a deep-seated value in Japanese society.

Contrary to Japan, in the US or EU, the election process is more independent, lengthy, and the gap between party leader nomination and actual tenure beginning is considerably longer. In these Western democracies, a delay in the appointment wouldn't cause as much alarm as it is fairly common.