- ARAB NEWS
- 01 May 2025
Since 1975
TOKYO: Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday that she will not run in a House of Representatives by-election to fill the vacancy left by the death of her husband.
The by-election in the Yamaguchi No. 4 electoral district is supposed to be held in October under the public offices election law, but the ongoing civil lawsuits over vote-value disparities in the 2019 Lower House election may delay the by-election until spring next year, people familiar with the situation said.
The former prime minister died after being shot while making a stump speech in the western city of Nara on July 8.
JIJI Press
