Kono retires after serving longest term as House speaker

Kono retires after serving longest term as House speaker

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono speaks during a news conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on July 21 after the lower house was dissolved for a general election on Aug. 30. Kono will not run in the election and will retire from politics.

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