Ex-LDP lawmaker joins Japan’s right-wing Sanseito party despite opposition from father


Toshinao Nakagawa, a former House of Representatives member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has joined the Sanseito party despite opposition from his father Hidenao Nakagawa, who served as chief Cabinet secretary and LDP secretary-general.

Toshinao inherited his father's political base, the Hiroshima No. 4 constituency, and was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 as an LDP candidate. However, during his second term, he left the party following reports of an extramarital affair. 

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