The scandal-hit chairman of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly, Kurauchi, is set to resign from his position as an assembly member.

Isao Kurauchi, Speaker of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly, apologized at a national meeting of prefectural assembly speakers for a dispute involving alleged money exchanges related to leadership posts, drawing strong criticism from other prefectural assembly speakers.

A former vice-chairman of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly has provided new testimony to NHK, claiming he handed 5 million yen to Chairman Isao Kurauchi before assuming the vice-chairman position, amidst questions of money exchange regarding assembly posts.