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Tsuruho to Quit as Diet Committee Chief over Noto Quake Gaffe

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Tokyo, July 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho plans to resign as chairman of a parliamentary committee to take responsibility for a gaffe about a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan last year, it was learned Saturday. According to a senior official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Tsuruho is poised to step down from the pos…

Tsuruho to Quit as Diet Committee Chief over Noto Quake Gaffe

Tokyo, July 12 (Jiji Press)–Japanese ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho plans to resign as chairman of a parliamentary committee to take responsibility for a gaffe about a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan last year, it was learned Saturday. According to a senior official of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Tsuruho is poised to step down from the pos…

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