TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police told CNN.

Shoichi Nakagawa resigned three days after appearing intoxicated at a G7 news conference in Rome. Shoichi Nakagawa resigned three days after appearing intoxicated at a G7 news conference in Rome. Tokyo police found Nakagawa, 56, lying face down on a bed on the second-floor of his home, Kyodo reported.