Former Prime Minister Mori was interviewed as a witness, and the former director also introduced him to AOKI (September 9, 2022)

In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department voluntarily interviewed former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (85), who was the chairman of the organizing committee, as a witness. According to people involved, since 2017, former Prime Minister Mori has been with Aoki Holdings’ former chairman Hironori Aoki (83) through the introduction of Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the Organizing Committee who was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. I had a dinner party. Subsequent interviews revealed that the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office had voluntarily interviewed former Prime Minister Morimoto, who was the chairman of the Organizing Committee, as a reference. Prime Minister Mori seems to have explained to the voluntary interview that he had not received a request for sponsor selection from the AOKI side. On the other hand, a lawyer representing former Prime Minister Mori commented, “I will refrain from answering because it is a criminal case and it will interfere with the investigation.”
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