自民・岸衆院議員が辞職検討　山口「ダブル」補選の公算

　自民党の岸信夫前防衛相（６３）＝衆院山口２区＝は近く議員を辞職する検討に入った。複数の党関係者が１４日、明らかにした。山口県では岸氏の実兄である安倍晋三元首相の死去に伴う衆院４区の補欠選挙に加え、衆院２区補選も４月２３日に行われる公算が大きくなった。
　岸氏は現在、首相補佐官を務める。かねて健康状態が不安視されており、昨年１２月、次期衆院選に出馬せず、長男を後継にしたいと地元後援会に伝達。その際、記者団に「（残り任期は）しっかり務めたい」と語っていた。
　衆院小選挙区の「１０増１０減」に伴い、山口県では次の総選挙から小選挙区が４から３に減る。岸氏が任期途中の辞職を検討する背景には、現職ではない長男が今後本格化する候補者調整で不利な立場にならないようにする狙いもあるとみられている。（2023/01/14-19:33）

Former Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is considering resigning from the Diet, Japan's parliament, shortly, LDP sources said Saturday.
   Kishi, 63, a lawmaker of the House of Representatives and special adviser to the prime minister, is thought to have health issues.
   Last month, Kishi, who has been elected from the No. 2 constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, informed a local group of his supporters that he would not run in the next Lower House election and instead hopes to pick his eldest son as a candidate to succeed him as a Lower House member from the constituency.
   At the time, Kishi told reporters that he plans to serve his remaining term as a Lower House member.
   If Kishi quits, a Lower House by-election in the constituency is expected to take place on April 23 along with a by-election for the lower chamber in the No. 4 constituency in the same prefecture, which will be for filling the vacancy left by the death in July 2022 of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, elder brother of Kishi.