Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan Lower House Speaker, Plans to Resign for Health Reasons
Hiroyuki Hosoda
14:57 JST, September 29, 2023
Lower house speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda plans to resign due to health reasons, Liberal Democratic Party executives said Friday.
He was hospitalized in early September for preventive treatment of related to blood vessels in his brain, after being hospitalized also in July and August.
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