The secretariats of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives announced yesterday that five secretaries to lawmakers affiliated with the intraparty faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by Kishida Fumio have been infected with the new coronavirus. The infected individuals include secretaries to former Policy Research Council Chairperson Kishida Fumio and Assistant to the Minister in the Cabinet Office Kobayashi Fumiaki. The Kishida faction held a political fund-raising party at a hotel in Tokyo on July 8.