谷川弥一氏が議員辞職

　自民党安倍派の政治資金規正法違反事件を巡り、谷川弥一衆院議員（８２）＝自民を離党＝が２４日、議員辞職した。額賀福志郎衆院議長が谷川氏の辞職願を許可した。これに伴う長崎３区の補欠選挙は、衆院解散がなければ４月２８日に行われる。
　谷川氏は、安倍派から受け取るなどした約４３００万円を収支報告書に記載しなかったとして、東京地検特捜部に略式起訴された。（2024/01/24-12:46）

Yaichi Tanigawa quit as a Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker on Wednesday after he was charged last week over a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   His offer of resignation was approved by Lower House Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga.
   The by-election in the No. 3 constituency of Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, will be held on April 28 to fill the vacancy left by Tanigawa's resignation, if the Lower House is not dissolved by then.
   Tanigawa, 82, received a summary indictment Friday on charges of failing to report some 43 million yen in revenues, including kickbacks from the LDP's largest faction formerly led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He left the LDP the same day.
   Tanigawa was elected to the Lower House seven times.