"Paternity leave" lawmaker resigns over affair

"Paternity leave" lawmaker resigns over affair

Liberal Democratic Party member Kensuke Miyazaki bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2016. Miyazaki, who had vowed to become the first lawmaker in Japan to take paternity leave, resigned from the House of Representatives that day after admitting to having an affair with a woman while his wife, a fellow LDP parliamentarian, was about to give birth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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