TOKYO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe is reportedly to resign over the scandal of misuse political fund, according to local reports early Wednesday.
Parties in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on Tuesday filed no-confidence motion against the governor.
The governor was found misuse of 4.4 million yen (around 41,000 U.S. dollars) from his political fund to pay hotel bills, wining and dining expenses that likely involved his family and costs to purchase about 100 artworks, according to Japan's Kyodo News.
Local media first reported in April that Masuzoe was found to have frequently used official cars to travel between the capital and his vacation home in a hot spring resort area outside Tokyo, and spent more than 200 million yen (about 1.89 million dollars) on nine overseas trips since becoming governor in February 2014.
Naoki Inose, former Tokyo governor replaced by Masuzoe, stepped down in late 2013 due to money scandal.
