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The Governor of Tokyo is due to a financial scandal

The pressure on Yoichi Masuzoe due to several inconsistencies and was last updated getting bigger and bigger. With the resignation he gets a vote of confidence in previously. So he missed his big target.

Being there is everything – true to this Olympic Motto the Governor of Tokyo Yoichi Masuzoe wanted to stay at least until 2020, in the office, to the Olympic games in four years. For this, he should take at the end of the upcoming games Rio the Olympic flag and to Tokyo. Nothing will come of it now: according to media reports, the 67 is going to announce-Year-old today in his resignation.

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Official car affair and luxury Trips

The former Minister of health is, among other things, due to costly business travel under attack. All of the major factions in the city Council called for a no-confidence vote against the politician – will it come to Masuzoes resignation announcement probably.

In April of this year it became known that Masuzoe car, apparently his service for excursions was used to his holiday home South of Tokyo. Also, First-class flights to Overseas destinations, family vacations and staying in luxury hotels, as well as the purchase of valuable art, he is said to have disputed goods from the state resources.

In view of the stagnating economy and the fact that more and more Japanese are suffering from very low wages, were Masuzoes misconduct in the population.

Masuzoe has always denied to have against the law. However, he excused the behavior repeated itself for a “moral failure,” but the hope is to keep this in the office, was not fulfilled.

Re-election in July

Although the authorities of the Japanese capital, have not confirmed the reports yet, but there are signs that Masuzoe will give up on the coming Tuesday, his office. The choice of a successor is expected for the beginning of July.

Also predecessor Inose stumbled over a financial scandal

Masuzoe is already the second Governor of the Prefecture of Tokyo in a result, the return occurs prematurely and due to financial inconsistencies. He himself had taken over the office 2014 by Naoki Inose. This had brought the 2020 Olympic games to Japan, then announced but due to a donations scandal, the hospital group Tokushukai his resignation.

Impact on the Olympic games for 2020?

The impending retirement Masuzoes is another setback for the preparations for the 2020 Olympic games. Due to the high costs, the organizers had to cancel their plans for the Olympic stadium, due to allegations of plagiarism in connection with the official Logo, as well as alleged payment of bribes in the millions to answer.

Whether the withdrawal will have a direct impact on the preparations for the Olympic games, is still uncertain. From the planning team, it was the beginning of the week, the turmoil of Yoichi Masuzoe would have no impact on the progress of the preparations.

mak/cgn (afp, ap, rtr, dpa)