立民、木原副長官に質問状　文春報道で説明要求

　立憲民主党は３１日、警視庁による妻の事情聴取が週刊文春で報じられた木原誠二官房副長官に対し、公開質問状を提出した。警察関係者との接触や岸田文雄首相への報告、記者会見の意向などについて、８月１日午前１０時までの回答を求めた。
　質問状はまた、立民が同日に予定する警察庁や内閣官房へのヒアリングに、木原氏も出席するよう要請した。（2023/07/31-16:30）

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara, a close aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has been avoiding reporters for about a month, following magazine reports on his wife.
   Previously, Kihara answered questions when entering and leaving the prime minister's office. But now, he is rarely seen at the main entrance.
   According to sources close to Kihara, he is avoiding reporters as he cares about his family after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported that his wife had been questioned by Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on a voluntary basis.
   From early July, Shukan Bunshun ran articles for four weeks in a row about the questioning of Kihara's wife over the death of a man in Tokyo in 2006.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference Friday that he had received a report from Kihara denying an allegation that Kihara had applied pressure over the investigation.