Former Executive Director of the Olympic Organizing Committee “What I received was not a bribe” (August 18, 2022)

A former director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, who was arrested on suspicion of bribery by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on the 17th, has denied the charges after his arrest, saying, “What I received was not a bribe.” rice field. Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the organizing committee, received a request from the sponsor of the tournament, AOKI Holdings, for convenience in terms of contracts for licensed products, and received a total of 51 million yen. There are suspicions of accepting bribes. Subsequent interviews with related parties revealed that Takahashi denied the charges that he received a bribe in response to the investigation after his arrest. Takahashi is said to have signed a monthly consulting contract of 1 million yen between the company he represents and AOKI from around the fall of 2017 to September last year. Three people, including the former chairman of Aoki Holdings, Hironori Aoki (83), were arrested on suspicion of bribery.
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