In the case of the arrest of former directors of the organizing committee on suspicion of bribery related to the Tokyo Olympics, it was newly found that AOKI, the sponsor of the event, had asked the former directors to make arrangements for about five years ago. Haruyuki Takahashi, former director of the organizing committee, is suspected of having received a bribe of 51 million yen from Hironori Aoki, former chairman of AOKI Holdings, in return for convenience such as a sponsorship contract for the tournament. AOKI signed a consulting contract with Takahashi’s company in September 2017, but it was newly discovered that about eight months before that, they had been asking him to make arrangements for the Olympics. The Special Investigation Department confiscated documents summarizing the request from AOKI, and it is believed that the request was related to the duties of the former director, and decided to arrest him. According to sources, Takahashi and Aoki denied the allegations in response to investigations by the Special Investigation Department. FNN Prime Online https://www.fnn.jp/
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