Lower house by-elections set for April 24

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki attends a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. Tanigaki said the party is looking at various options on a lower house by-election for a district in Kyoto on April 24, following the resignation of party member Kensuke Miyazaki who had an affair with a woman while his wife, a fellow LDP parliamentarian, was pregnant. Another by-election for a district in Hokkaido is scheduled the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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