岸前防衛相、議員辞職願を提出　４月に衆院４補選実施へ

　自民党の岸信夫前防衛相＝衆院山口２区＝は３日、細田博之衆院議長に議員辞職願を提出した。７日の衆院本会議で許可される見通し。健康問題が理由で、最近は車椅子を利用していた。岸氏の辞職が決まれば、山口２区の補欠選挙は千葉５区、和歌山１区、山口４区と併せ、４月２３日に投開票される。（2023/02/03-17:25）

Former Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, submitted a letter of resignation as a House of Representatives member to the speaker of the lower chamber of the Diet on Friday.
   Kishi's resignation for health reasons is expected to be approved at a plenary meeting of the Lower House on Tuesday. The younger brother of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been using a wheelchair recently.
   A by-election in his constituency, the No. 2 constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is expected to be held on April 23, along with by-elections in the No. 5 constituency in Chiba Prefecture, the No. 1 constituency in Wakayama Prefecture and the No. 4 constituency in Yamaguchi.
   Kishi became a lawmaker for the first time in the 2004 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, and then switched to the Lower House. He has been elected four times to the lower chamber since 2012.
   Kishi was appointed to the post of special adviser on national security to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in August last year. On Friday, the government approved Kishi's resignation from the post. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara will serve concurrently in the adviser post.