Request for resignation of Hatsushika House of Representatives on women's issues Approved at House of Representatives plenary session October 26, 13:23

The resignation of an independent member of the House of Representatives, Akihiro Hatsushika, who had submitted a request to resign as a member of the Diet over the issue of women, was approved at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 26th.

Akihiro Hatsushika, a member of the House of Representatives who was elected to the proportional representation of the House of Representatives in Tokyo Block three times, was sent a document in December last year for committing an obscene act to an acquaintance woman in a taxi five years ago. I left the Constitutional Democratic Party.



Hatsushika was dismissed from prosecution last month, but on the 22nd of this month, he apologized for admitting that he had a problem with his words and actions, and resigned as a member of the House of Representatives Oshima, saying "I want to be injured." I was submitting a request.



At the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 26th, Mr. Hatsushika's resignation was unanimously approved.

Akihiro Matsuo of the Constitutional Democratic Party will be elected

As a result, Mr. Akihiro Matsuo will be elected from the list of the Constitutional Democratic Party of the proportional representation Tokyo block, and will be officially decided at the election meeting held by the Central Election Commission soon.