Shu Narita, vice speaker of the Aichi prefectural assembly, resigned the post on the 9th after driving into an Asian Games venue without a pass and pushing past security guards who tried to stop him.
Narita arrived at the venue in his own car without a pass and entered by force, ignoring the guards, according to a weekly magazine report. The organizing committee lodged a complaint, calling the incident "something that must never happen."
Narita had said he would leave the Liberal Democratic Party caucus and step down as vice speaker. The assembly approved the resignation at a plenary session on the 9th.
After the session he told reporters only, "I will keep working hard from here," and declined to explain his plans. The assembly chose LDP member Seizo Aoyama as the new vice speaker.