{"id":179193,"date":"2026-08-18T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179193&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:05:51","slug":"fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Assembly Speaker Plans to Resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi said on August 17 that he intends to step down around the September session. Sources said he plans to resign after the assembly establishes a third-party committee to examine allegations of cash payments and passes a political ethics ordinance. A proposed resolution recommending his resignation did not reach a vote after a motion by an LDP member to halt proceedings passed by a majority. Governor Seitaro Hattori declined to assess the assembly&#8217;s decision and called for prompt fact-finding and reform. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1096362\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/detail.php?id=202608180552_0016&#038;cat=society&#038;date=0\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2877042?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1388%2C776&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1388\" height=\"776\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign_2026_cl.jpg?w=1388&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-assembly-speaker-plans-to-resign_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: KBC News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi said on August 17 that he intends to step down around the September session. Sources said he plans to resign after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179193","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}