The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has arrested Haruyuki Takahashi, former director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, on suspicion of taking bribes. Three former chairmen of the tournament sponsor “AOKI Holdings” have also been arrested on suspicion of bribery. On the 17th, about three weeks after the compulsory investigation, we summarized the details of the incident that developed rapidly. Takahashi, who was arrested this time, was the representative director of the consulting company “Commons”, and at the same time he was a director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee. Suspect Takahashi’s consulting company signed a consulting contract with AOKI in 2017, and so far AOKI has paid this consulting fee to Takahashi’s company. The following year, in 2018, AOKI signed a sponsorship contract with the tournament organizing committee and acquired the right to sell officially licensed products. There was a suspicion that AOKI provided some kind of convenience to Takahashi in relation to this contract, and an investigation was underway. Suspect Takahashi responded to the interview so far as follows. “The consultant contract was approached by the AOKI side, and the money received was a legitimate remuneration unrelated to the Olympics. It didn’t matter.” However, according to the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, this time, Takahashi was arrested on suspicion of receiving a request from the AOKI side to facilitate the contract for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. It means that the yen was paid to Takahashi from the AOKI side. In other words, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office determined that what was paid by AOKI to Takahashi’s company was not a consulting fee, but a bribe.
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