TOKYO OLYMPICS CORRUPTION - PART 5

 Received 76 million yen from KADOKAWA Former director re-arrested - Tokyo Olympics corruption

In a corruption case involving the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department indicted Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the Games Organizing Committee, with bribery charges for accepting bribes totaling 51 million yen from the men's clothing giant "AOKI Holdings (HD)" (Yokohama City) on the 6th. Tokyo) was rearrested on suspicion of bribery for allegedly accepting bribes totaling about 76 million yen. The total amount of bribes prosecuted amounted to about 127 million yen, and the case was structured in a way that involved the selection of sponsors for the tournament and received huge compensation from several companies.

On the same day, the Special Investigation Department arrested two suspects, Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, an advisor to KADOKAWA, and Kyoji Maniwa, 63, an employee of KADOKAWA, on suspicion of bribery. Kazumasa Fukami, 73, president of the consulting firm Commons 2 (Tokyo), which is said to have received a total of about 76 million yen in remittances from the company, was also arrested on suspicion of bribery. The Special Investigation Department determined that the former director and President Fukami had worked together to accept the bribe. According to officials, the former board member "doesn't remember".

HARUYUKI TAKAHASHI

Is a long-established publisher also cheating on "Olympic concessions" Former board member Dentsu junior, bribe saucer

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, advisors of the publishing giant "KADOKAWA" were arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department on suspicion of bribery on June 6, and following the men's clothing giant "AOKI Holdings (HD)", it was suspected that the company fraudulently sought "Olympic concessions". Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former member of the organizing committee of the Games, is a "deemed public servant" subject to bribery charges, but he may have used a junior private company as a "receptacle" for bribes.

Just before 1 p.m. on the 6th, five officers from the Special Investigation Department searched the KADOKAWA headquarters building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Shortly thereafter, Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa's home in Shinjuku Ward and former President Maki Matsubara's home in Suginami Ward were also searched, and officers entered one after another.

PUBLISHING COMPANY 'KADOKAWA' HEAD OFFICE BEING RAIDED

Former AOKI president and three others decided to be released on bail by Tokyo District Court for Tokyo Olympics corruption

The Tokyo District Court ruled on March 7 to grant bail to three defendants, including Hironori Aoki, 83, the former chairman of AOKI Holdings (HD), a major men's clothing company, who was charged with bribery in a corruption case involving the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The former chairman's bail bond is 300 million yen.

Other bail decisions were made by Takahisa Aoki, 76, the brother of the former chairman and former vice chairman of the company, and Yuhisa Ueda, the company's managing executive officer.

Tokyo District Prosecutors Search Park24 Head Office, Interview Olympics Executives Voluntary

PARK24 CO LTD HEAD OFFICE TOKYO, JAPAN

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Division searched the headquarters of Park24, a parking lot service company and sponsor of the Games, in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo on May 7, and voluntarily interviewed executives who were in charge of the Olympic business. According to officials, the company signed a sponsorship agreement with the Games Organizing Committee in July 2018.