Chairman of the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation Akira Yamane announced Wednesday his decision to resign his post amid scandals involving the federation's misappropriation of subsidies and unfair match decisions.
"I will resign effective today," the 78-year-old Yamane told reporters. "I made this decision after consulting with my wife, as I was asked by the board members [to decide whether to resign]. As chairman, I am sorry that these problems [involving the scandals] existed."
At an extraordinary board meeting Tuesday, the federation left the decision whether to resign up to Yamane. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, however, he did not say whether he would remain in the federation as a board member.
In response to 12 specific allegations made by senior officials of prefectural federations, Yamane acknowledged his personal involvement in the mishandling of 2.4 million yen in subsidies provided by the Japan Sport Council to a boxer who competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
The funds were allegedly shared with two other boxers so the three would receive the same amount of grant money. Yamane has previously said that he ordered the misappropriation.
The chairman has also admitted his relationship with a person involved in a boryokudan gangster organization, saying, "I hung around [with that person] due to certain circumstances."
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