Takemura to pull out of Shiga by-election race

OTSU, Japan - Former Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura, who headed the now defunct New Party Sakigake, tells reporters in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 3 that he will give up running in a House of Representatives by-election slated for this fall due to health reasons. It is widely expected that he will retire from politics.

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