Embattled Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose reiterated Tuesday that he will forgo his salary for a year to take responsibility for the scandal surrounding what he claims was a ¥50 million personal loan from the Tokushukai hospital group, which is being probed for election law violations.

Inose's remark came on the second day of a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly committee session.

"I'd like to give up my governor's salary for one year as my way to take responsibility. So I'm thinking of proposing an ordinance enabling that to the current assembly session," Inose initially told the committee Monday.