TOKYO OLYMPICS CORRUPTION - PART 6

 Former head of KADOKAWA admits bribery charges, "76 million yen remittance"

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, former director of the organizing committee of the Games Haruyuki Takahashi (78) = re-arrested on suspicion of bribery = Suspect Kyoji Maniwa (63), an employee of the publishing giant "KADOKAWA" (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) and former head of the Olympics office, who was arrested on suspicion of bribery to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department, it was found out through interviews with related parties. It is said that he made a statement to the effect that he remitted a total of about 76 million yen to the former board member as a reward for being selected as the tournament sponsor.

The former director is suspected of conspiring with Kazumasa Fukami (73) = arrested on suspicion of bribery = of the president of the consulting company "Commons 2" (Chuo-ku), an acquaintance, to receive a request from KADOKAWA to be selected as a sponsor, and to receive bribes totaling about 76 million yen in 10 installments from July 2019 ~ January 21. In addition to former manager Maba, 64-year-old Toshiyuki Yoshihara, an adviser to the company and managing director at the time, was arrested on suspicion of bribery.

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Acquaintance president over presents sponsorship money to KADOKAWA Do you receive the difference as a reward?

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, former director of the Games Organizing Committee Haruyuki Takahashi (78) = Re-arrested on suspicion of bribery = The president of an acquaintance consulting company who is said to have conspired with Kazumasa Fukami (73) = arrested on the same charge = Excessive sponsorship fee (sponsorship money) of the Games to the publishing giant "KADOKAWA" (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), Interviews with related parties revealed that there was a suspicion that the difference from the original sponsorship money was received as a reward. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department is investigating the allegations that both the former director and President Fukami were deeply involved in the selection of sponsors.

The two suspects are suspected of conspiring to receive bribes totaling about 76 million yen on 10 occasions from July 2019 ~ January 21 in return for receiving requests from KADOKAWA to be selected as sponsors. About 76 million yen was transferred to President Fukami's consulting company "Commons 2" (Chuo Ward).

Sapporo City and JOC Declare Transparency and Fairness in Response to Olympics Corruption

In response to the corruption scandal at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sapporo City and the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC), which are aiming to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, released an oath on May 8 expressing their determination to ensure transparency and fairness in the management of the Games. Strengthen efforts to prevent fraud in the composition of the Organizing Committee of the Games, the management of conflict of interest transactions, and the nature of marketing businesses and advertising agencies.

On the same day, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and JOC Chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita made the announcement at the beginning of a joint public-private "Promotion Committee" meeting held in Sapporo City to build momentum. Mr. Yamashita said, "I thought it was important to show a firm stance in order to continue the bidding activities." Councillor Seiko Hashimoto, who was the chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, also participated online and apologized, saying, "I apologize for the great inconvenience caused to the bidding activities."

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Plans to get a reward from 3 years ago Former director selected by KADOKAWA Olympics corruption

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, suspect Haruyuki Takahashi (78) = re-arrested on suspicion of bribery = who is a former director of the organizing committee of the Games = about three years before the publishing giant "KADOKAWA" was decided as the sponsor of the Games, it was found out through interviews with related parties that he was suspected of bringing a plan for the selection of sponsors in the publishing field to the organizing committee. It was said that the company of an acquaintance of the former director was "paid". After the selection, KADOKAWA made alleged bribe remittances to the company, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Special Investigation Department seems to believe that the former director planned to obtain a reward for the selection early on.

An acquaintance of the former director is Kazumasa Fukami, president of the consulting company "Commons 2" (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) (73) = arrested on the same charge. President Fukami is a former executive of the major advertising company Dentsu and a junior of former Dentsu managing director Takahashi. The two suspects are suspected of conspiring to receive a total of about 76 million yen in bribes from July 2019 ~ January 21 in return for a request from KADOKAWA to be selected as sponsors.