Democratic Party for the People (DPP) chief Yuichiro Tamaki has been suspended as leader of the party for three months, starting from Wednesday, following a report about his involvement in an extramarital affair.

Following a probe conducted over the course of the last month, an internal committee judged Tamaki’s conduct as having contravened the party’s ethics regulations and damaged its honor and trust, DPP Secretary-General Kazuya Shimba told producers after a party meeting Wednesday.

As a result of the probe, Tamaki was suspended from the leadership post until March 3, 2025. Until then, the party’s Diet affairs chief, Motohisa Furukawa — a former national strategy minister — will serve as acting leader.