2024.09.12 17:14Nation

小泉氏、実母と初の面会明かす　自民総裁選

　自民党総裁選に出馬した小泉進次郎元環境相は１２日の所見発表演説会で、幼少期に両親が離婚した後初めて、今年に入って実母と面会したことを明らかにした。小泉氏は選択的夫婦別姓導入を掲げており、「会って良かった。４３年間会うことなく、名字も違う。それでも家族は家族だ」と強調。「人生に選択肢を広げる政治家として生きていきたい」とも語った。（2024/09/12-17:14）

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2024.09.12 17:14Nation

LDP Leader Hopeful Koizumi Reveals Reunion with Birth Mother

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Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Thursday that he reunited with his birth mother earlier this year for the first time since his parents divorced when he was an infant.
   "It was good to meet her," Koizumi, 43, said during an event to hear speeches by LDP leadership candidates.
   "We hadn't seen each other for 43 years, and we have different surnames. Still, family is family," said Koizumi, an advocate of a selective dual surname system for married couples.
   "I want to live as a politician who broadens possibilities in life," he added.
   His father is former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.