[Breaking News]Former Managing Director of KADOKAWA and two others arrested on suspicion of bribery to former director of Olympic Organizing Committee Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department (September 6, 2022)

In a bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office special investigation department arrested two former managing directors of the major publishing company “KADOKAWA” for giving a bribe to a former director of the organizing committee. KADOKAWA’s former managing director Yoshiyuki Yoshihara (64) and other two people asked Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the organizing committee, to take advantage of the selection of tournament sponsors. There is a suspicion that he gave a bribe of about 69 million yen. In addition, Kazumasa Fukami (73), who runs the company to which the funds were transferred, was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, and Takahashi was re-arrested. From the afternoon of the 6th, the special investigation department has been searching the KADOKAWA headquarters, the chairman’s home, and the company of Fukami suspect.
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