Former director arrested for speeding up review of Olympic licensed products requests IOC Tokyo Olympics corruption case

A former director of the organizing committee who was arrested in a corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was suspected of requesting the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to expedite the approval of AOKI’s officially licensed products. rice field. In this case, Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the organizing committee of the Games, is suspected of receiving a bribe of approximately 51 million yen from the men’s clothing giant “AOKI” for convenience in signing an Olympic sponsorship contract. He was arrested by the Special Investigation Unit. In subsequent interviews with related parties, it is suspected that Takahashi requested the IOC to expedite approval in response to the fact that approval of AOKI’s officially licensed products, such as suits with the Olympic emblem, took time. I understand. In response to the investigation by the Special Investigation Department after his arrest, Takahashi said, “I contacted the IOC by phone, but I only talked about official products in general,” and explained that it was not convenient for AOKI. That’s it. ▼TBS NEWS DIG official website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼Please subscribe to the channel! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6AG81pAkf6Lbi_1VC5NmPA?sub_confirmation=1 ▼Provide information here “TBS Insiders” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-insiders.html ▼Provide video Click here for “TBS Scoop Post” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.html