TOKYO OLYMPICS CORRUPTION - PART 3

 Is there a new sponsorship frame for language as well? Raiding Ohiro Olympics corruption

Haruyuki Takahashi, a 78-year-old former director of the organizing committee of the Games who was arrested on suspicion of bribery in a corruption case involving the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, is suspected of establishing a new sponsorship slot in the language field on the part of the organizing committee at the request of the advertising company Daiko (Osaka City), according to interviews with people involved. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department searched the Daihiro headquarters and other locations on the 5th, and it seems that they are investigating the company because it believes that there was an illegal flow of funds.

The organizing committee entrusted the sponsorship gathering to the major advertising company "Dentsu", which is a "dedicated agency", and each company signed a contract with the organizing committee with Dentsu as the contact point. However, if the organizing committee recognized the necessity, another company was allowed to be involved in collecting sponsors as a "sales cooperation agent" as an exception.

Publishing giant DENTSU Tokyo head office building

Funding for former directors through three routes, to unravel the "mouth-of-mouth business" to enter the Olympics

The corruption case over the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games expanded to three routes, including "AOKI Holdings (HD)", "KADOKAWA" and "Ohiro" added "Ohiro" to "AOKI Holdings (HD)" and "KADOKAWA" when the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department raided the advertising company "Ohiro" in Osaka City on the 5th. The Special Investigation Department believes that former director Takahashi received compensation by mediating with the organizing committee several companies aiming to enter the Olympic business, and it seems that he is aiming to clarify the full picture of the "mouth-and-mouth business".

"This is the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office." Just before 10 a.m. on the 5th, an officer from the Special Investigation Department told the patient at the reception desk of the Daihiro headquarters on the 12th floor of a building in Kita-ku, Osaka. Several officers then entered the premises and began searching.

HARUYUKI TAKAHASHI - Former director of the organizing committee of Olympics

Chairman Kadokawa recognizes bribes "not at all" Remittance to consulting company

In the corruption case over the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, former director Haruyuki Takahashi (78) = arrested on suspicion of bribery = Chairman of the major publishing company "KADOKAWA" (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), who is suspected of providing funds to the side, spoke to representatives of media companies on the 5th. The main exchanges are as follows.

――What is your reaction to the fact that you are being investigated by the Tokyo District Prosecutor?

Advertising agency KADOKAVA office building

Former director Takahashi indicted for bribery from AOKIHD Tokyo Olympics corruption

In a corruption case involving the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Division indicted Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the organizing committee of the Games, with bribery charges for allegedly accepting bribes totaling 51 million yen from AOKI Holdings (HD), a major men's clothing company. AOKIHD founder and former chairman Hiroshi Aoki.

AOKI HOLDINGS - Famous men clothing brand of Japan