JAPAN –  The governor of Tokyo has said he is standing down amid a spending scandal, Japanese media report. Yoichi Masuzoe has faced fierce criticism over allegations he used official funds to pay for holidays, art and comic books for his children. He had been expected to lose a no-confidence vote in the Japanese capital’s assembly. The scandal, which threatened to embarrass the 2020 Olympic host city, comes ahead of upper house elections. It is being seen as potentially damaging to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) chances in the 10 July vote.(BBC NEWS/photo: businesstimes.com.sg)…[+]