Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura of the Liberal Democratic Party, who was planning to run for the Yamaguchi 3rd district of the House of Representatives, decided to forgo the candidacy and retire, saying that he wanted to avoid the continued official battle in the constituency and cause the party to divide. I did.

In the Yamaguchi 3rd district of the House of Representatives, the official dispute between the incumbent Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura of the Liberal Democratic Party and Yoshimasa Hayashi, the former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who resigned from the House of Councilors, is continuing. Adjustments have been made, such as listening to.



Under these circumstances, Mr. Kawamura decided not to run for the House of Representatives election and decided to retire because he wanted to avoid causing the party to split by his own candidacy.



Mr. Kawamura is 78 years old, winning 10 times.


After working as a member of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly, he ran for the first time in the 1990 House of Representatives election from the former Yamaguchi 1st district, and has served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.



Fumiko Sakamoto of the Constitutional Democratic Party is also planning to run for the Yamaguchi 3rd District of the House of Representatives.