自民・白須賀氏、離党届を提出　深夜に飲食店、週刊誌報道

　自民党の白須賀貴樹衆院議員が新型コロナウイルスに関する緊急事態宣言下の今月１０日夜に東京都内の高級会員制ラウンジを訪れていたことが分かった。週刊文春の電子版が１７日、報じた。これを受け、白須賀氏は同党に離党届を提出。記者団に次期衆院選に出馬しないと表明した。議員辞職は否定した。
　同党では今月に入り、宣言下の深夜の高級クラブ滞在が明らかになった松本純前国対委員長代理ら３人が離党したばかり。（2021/02/17-13:40）

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takaki Shirasuka tendered his resignation from the ruling party Wednesday following a magazine report that he visited a bar in Tokyo under the coronavirus state of emergency.
   Shirasuka, a member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, told reporters that he will not run in the next Lower House election, to be held this year. But he said he will not resign as a Lower House lawmaker.
   In its online version, the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine said Wednesday that Shirasuka visited the members-only bar on the night of Feb. 10.
   Residents in Tokyo and other areas under the emergency are asked not to go out at night for nonessential purposes.
   Earlier in February, three LDP lawmakers, including former National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jun Matsumoto, quit the party after drawing fire for visiting bars in Tokyo late at night.