Tanaka to move to Diet seat in independent area

Tanaka to move to Diet seat in independent area

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka will move to a new seat (at left end of dotted line) in the independents' area in the House of Representatives on July 5 from her current seat (at right end of the line) in the Liberal Democratic Party area. A lower house panel decided July 4 to change Tanaka's seat after the LDP suspended her from party membership for two years from June 20 over money scandals.

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