Suntory Holdings Chairman and CEO Takeshi Niinami will resign from his post after being questioned by police for possessing illegal drugs that he reportedly obtained overseas, Nikkei reported Tuesday.

The Fukuoka Prefectural Police are investigating the case against Niinami, it said.

Suntory Holdings President Nobuhiro Torii, who is a member of Suntory’s founding family, and Vice President Kenji Yamada, are expected to hold a news conference at company headquarters in Tokyo at 3 p.m.

Niinami also serves as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, a business lobby better known as Keizai Doyukai.

Niinami became president of major convenience store Lawson in 2002 before he became president of Suntory Holdings in 2014. He took on the role of company chairman in March.

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