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Ex-Tokyo games exec arrested for allegedly receiving bribes

The special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office suspects that Takahashi, 78, received the money as rewards for giving favors to Aoki Holdings in the selection of Tokyo Games sponsors. (AFP)
The special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office suspects that Takahashi, 78, received the money as rewards for giving favors to Aoki Holdings in the selection of Tokyo Games sponsors. (AFP)
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17 Aug 2022 04:08:15 GMT9
17 Aug 2022 04:08:15 GMT9

TOKYO: Public prosecutors Wednesday arrested Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, for allegedly receiving 51 million yen in bribes from Japanese apparel maker Aoki Holdings Inc. 

The special squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office suspects that Takahashi, 78, received the money as rewards for giving favors to Aoki Holdings in the selection of Tokyo Games sponsors.

The special squad also arrested former Aoki Holdings Chairman Hironori Aoki, 83, his younger brother and former vice chairman, Takahisa Aoki, 76, and Katsuhisa Ueda, 40, an executive of the company.

Takahashi is suspected of receiving 51 million yen between October 2017 and March this year, after he was asked by Aoki and others between January 2017 and June 2021 to give the company special treatment over a Tokyo Games official supporter contract and another contract to sell official licensed products related to the Games.

JIJI Press

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