Kiyohiko Toyama, a member of the House of Representatives of the Komeito Party, requested the chairman of the House of Representatives Oshima to resign, saying that he did not want to cause political distrust after it was revealed that he was visiting a club in Ginza while the state of emergency continued. I submitted.
Komeito member Kiyohiko Toyama was reported to have visited a club in Ginza on the 22nd of last month and had dinner with an acquaintance until midnight on "Bungeishunju Online", and apologized after acknowledging the facts. ..
Also, last week, he resigned from the post of acting secretary-general of the party after revealing that his own fund management organization was spending on cabaret clubs and other stores and corrected the political fund balance report.
Under these circumstances, Mr. Toyama decided to resign as a member of the House of Representatives because he did not want to cause political distrust, and submitted a resignation request to the Chairman of the House of Representatives Oshima through a secretary on the morning of the 1st.
Mr. Toyama is 51 years old, having been elected as a proportional representative of the House of Representatives and Kyushu block four times.
After serving as a member of the House of Councilors for two terms after working as a university lecturer, he was elected for the first time in the 2010 House of Representatives election, and has served as Deputy Minister of Finance.
Mr. Toyama's resignation is expected to be approved at the plenary session of the House of Representatives in the near future, and if the resignation is approved, the candidates who have been rejected will be elected from the list of the Komeito party of the proportional representation Kyushu block.