Former ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Akira Amari, known as a close aide to the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Saturday that he will not run in the next general ...

Akira Amari, who serves as chairman of the LDP’s Research Commission on the Tax System, raised the prospect during an interview on Oct. 14 with The Asahi Shimbun and other media organizations.

Amari became the first LDP secretary-general, the No. 2 post in the party, to lose in a single-seat race since 1996, when the current election system for the Lower House was introduced.

In November, Yamagiwa took over the chip czar post from Akira Amari, a LDP heavyweight who championed Tokyo’s renewed push for chips until he lost his parliamentary seat in the election.

One closely watched race is that of LDP heavyweight Akira Amari, who faces a tight contest in his home district. An architect of Kishida's victory as party leader, Amari has since become the LDP's ...

Former ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Akira Amari, known as a close aide to the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said Saturday that he will not run in the next general ...