LDP lawmaker Kobayashi resigns over alleged election fraud

LDP lawmaker Kobayashi resigns over alleged election fraud

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yutaka Kobayashi, who resigned Sept. 4 as a House of Councillors member to take responsibility for an alleged election violation by his staff in the July 29 upper house election.

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