Murakami resigns post as LDP upper house head.

Murakami resigns post as LDP upper house head Yomiuri Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Masakuni Murakami resigned Monday as head of the House of Councillors group of LDP members, as prosecutors continued their investigations into scandal-tainted KSD, a foundation under the former Labor Ministry that arranged industrial accident insurance for small companies and from which Murakami received political donations. On Monday morning, Murakami met with Mikio Aoki, secretary general of the LDP's upper house members league in the Diet, and submitted his resignation, which was later accepted by the party. The resignation of Murakami, a key member of the faction led by former …