This is the fourth indictment against Haruyuki Takahashi, former director of the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. Defendant Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the organizing committee of the Games, received about 47 million yen from major advertising company ADK in connection with the sponsorship contract for the Olympics and the sale of licensed products, and from Sun Arrow, a mascot stuffed toy company. Today, he was additionally indicted for accepting bribes of about 7 million yen. Q. What kind of relationship do you have with Takahashi? Defendant Joji Matsui “…” In addition, defendant Joji Matsui (75), an acquaintance, was accused of accepting bribes in conspiracy with defendant Takahashi, former president of “Sun Arrow” Yoshihiro Sekiguchi. The defendant (74) and two others were each indicted without detention. Takahashi has been indicted for the fourth time, and the total amount of bribes he received from five companies totaled about 200 million yen. The Special Investigation Department indicted Takahashi four times. It seems that there was an aim to solidify the evidence from various aspects against Takahashi, who denies it. Defendant Takahashi argued against the funding from the men’s clothing major “AOKI”, which was first filed, saying, “I have never worked as a director with a legitimate consulting fee.” However, the Special Investigation Department further prosecuted Takahashi for colluding with his acquaintances to receive bribes from major publishing company “KADOKAWA” and advertising company “Ohiro”. And today, I added two new routes of conspiring with another acquaintance, Defendant Matsui. In a series of investigations, defendant Takahashi had a strong influence on the organizing committee regarding the Tokyo Olympics, such as the selection of sponsors and contracts for licensed products. The actual situation of receiving funding using various routes emerged. The Olympic corruption trial is scheduled to begin next month. Defendant Takahashi is believed to have consistently denied the content of his indictment, and the company’s testimony regarding bribery will be the focus of attention in the trial. ▼TBS NEWS DIG official website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼Please subscribe to the channel! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6AG81pAkf6Lbi_1VC5NmPA?sub_confirmation=1 ▼Provide information here “TBS Insiders” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-insiders.html ▼Provide video Click here for “TBS Scoop Post” https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.html
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