[Olympic Corruption]Voluntary questioning of executives of major advertising company “Daihiro” Funding former director (September 27, 2022)

It has been revealed that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department voluntarily questioned executives of advertising giant Daiko, who is suspected of providing funds to a former director of the organizing committee in a corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics. According to people involved, former Organizing Committee director Haruyuki Takahashi (78) is suspected of working with Dentsu to have Daiko selected as a contractor involved in acquiring sponsors for the Tokyo Games. increase. It is believed that about 14 million yen was paid from “Ohiro” to a company run by Kazumasa Fukami (73), an acquaintance of Takahashi. Subsequent interviews revealed that the Special Investigation Department had voluntarily questioned executives of “Ohiro” who were involved in this funding on multiple occasions. The Special Investigation Department is expected to investigate whether the funds constitute bribery and to decide on criminal action against Takahashi, whose detention will expire on the 27th.
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