岸補佐官、次期衆院選に不出馬　後継には長男、後援会に伝達

　自民党の岸信夫首相補佐官（６３）は１１日、山口県岩国市内で開いた後援会会合に出席し、次期衆院選に出馬しない意向を伝えた。長男で秘書の信千世氏を後継としたい考えも示した。会合に出席した後援会幹部が明らかにした。
　岸氏は会合後、記者団の取材に「後援会の中だけの話だから、特に外に向かって言うことはない」と述べるにとどめた。一方で、「６０歳を過ぎたので、次の世代を考えないといけない」とも語った。現在の任期は「しっかり務めていきたい」と強調した。（2022/12/11-17:06）

Nobuo Kishi, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, showed on Sunday his intention of not running in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   Kishi, 63, revealed this at a meeting held by a group of his supporters in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, according to a senior official of the group who attended the gathering.
   The official also quoted Kishi as saying that he hopes to pick his eldest son, Nobuchiyo, as a candidate to succeed him as a Lower House member from his constituency in the prefecture.
   "It's just a matter inside the supporter group, so I have nothing special to say outside of the group," Kishi, former defense minister, told reporters himself after the meeting.
   But he added that "I have to consider" looking for a next-generation candidate because he is over 60, while noting that he plans to fully work in his current post until the end of the term.