"The work of directors and consultants is different." Former director of the Tokyo Olympics Para Organizing Committee denied illegality in hearing the Special Investigation Department

Regarding the consulting contract that the former director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee received about 45 million yen from the sponsor of the Games, the former director told the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office that the work of the director and the consulting contract are different. It turned out that it denied the illegality. The company of Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Games, signed a consultant contract with the tournament sponsor AOKI, a major men’s clothing company, in 2017, and received a total of about 45 million yen over four years. The Tokyo Organizing Committee’s Special Investigation Department is investigating on suspicion of consignment bribery, but Mr. Takahashi told the Special Investigation Department’s voluntary hearing that “the work of the director of the Organizing Committee and the consultant contract are different” and the contract Interviews with related parties revealed that they are denying illegality. On the other hand, the AOKI side is summarizing what he wants Mr. Takahashi to work on the Organizing Committee in-house, and it seems that the Special Investigation Department is proceeding with clarifying the actual situation of the contract. ▼ TBS NEWS DIG official website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼ Please subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6AG81pAkf6Lbi_1VC5NmPA?sub_confirmation=1 ▼ Click here for information “TBS Insiders” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-insiders.html ▼ Video provided Click here for “TBS Scoop Post” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.html