Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93+

Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93+

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Kenzaburo Hara, at 93 the oldest person in the Japanese political world, plans to retire at the end of his current term in the lower house, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sources said May 8. Hara, elected via proportional representation from western Japan's Kinki regional bloc centering on Osaka, conveyed his intention to quit politics to Takami Eto, joint head of an LDP faction to which Hara belongs, the sources said.

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