The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office has arrested former managing directors of major publishing company KADOKAWA on suspicion of bribery in a corruption case involving the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. It also re-arrested a former director of the Organizing Committee on suspicion of accepting bribes. ◇ There was a new movement on the 6th in the corruption case surrounding the “Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics”. Reporter “The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department will begin a house search at KADOKAWA’s headquarters.” Two suspects, Kyoji (63), were arrested on suspicion of bribery. The search of the house by the Special Investigation Department also extended to related parties such as the home of Kadokawa Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa. According to the Special Investigation Department, Yoshihara and others are suspected of asking Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the organizing committee, to give him a bribe of about 69 million yen in order to gain an advantage in the selection of tournament sponsors. is leaning On the other hand, the special investigation unit re-arrested Takahashi on suspicion of accepting bribes, and also arrested a new acquaintance, Kazumasa Fukami (73). In July of this year, before you were arrested, were you doing anything problematic in your position as a board member? Haruyuki Takahashi (78), former director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Organizing Committee “I haven’t done it” ――Are you doing anything illegal? Haruyuki Takahashi, former director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Organizing Committee, suspected “not doing” “KADOKAWA” signed a sponsorship contract in the field of “publishing services” in 2019. After that, I sold an official book with the emblem as a sponsor. “The first and only official guidebook for the tournament” and “The birth of a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative book that will be remembered for posterity” appealed the release. Funding for Takahashi is said to have been done behind the scenes. Mr. Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the chairman of “KADOKAWA” who responded to the interview on the 5th, said as follows. KADOKAWA Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (79) “It’s unexpected, I’m just confused.” KADOKAWA Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (79) “Not at all, not at all. In addition, President Tsuyoshi Natsuno responded to the interview on the 3rd, saying that he was not the president at the time. –Was there any wrongdoing? KADOKAWA President Tsuyoshi Natsuno “No, I don’t know. The people involved at the time said ‘no,’ but that’s not the company’s opinion.” ――Were there any problems with this sponsorship contract? KADOKAWA President Tsuyoshi Natsuno “We would like to think so. We will leave it to the prosecutor’s investigation.” Following the search of the house and the arrest of the former managing director, “KADOKAWA” announced a comment. KADOKAWA commented, “We take this matter seriously and will continue to fully cooperate with the investigation by the authorities.” Regarding mediation of the sponsorship contract by Suspect Takahashi, problems have been discovered in three routes: “AOKI”, “KADOKAWA”, and “Ohiro”. According to officials, Takahashi has denied the allegations, stating that he “doesn’t remember” in response to the investigation by the Special Investigation Department after his re-arrest. (From “news every.” Broadcast on September 6, 2022) .com/ntvnews24 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ntv_news24/?hl=ja TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@ntv.news Twitter https://twitter.com/news24ntv ◇[Latest news]Live streaming]NTV NEWS HP https://news.ntv.co.jp
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