Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency.

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