Kato to run in lower house election

Kato to run in lower house election

TSURUOKA, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato tells a New Year's party for local supporters in his electoral constituency of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on Jan. 11 that he will run in the next House of Representatives election. Kato resigned from the Diet in April last year to take responsibility for a money scandal involving a former aide.

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