Tokyo prosecutors arrest former member of Olympic panel, others for graft-media (updated)
17/08/2022 06:46
(Adds more arrests)
TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Japanese prosecutors have arrested
a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki
Takahashi, on suspicion of bribery, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper
said on Wednesday.
Takahashi was arrested on suspicion that he had received
bribes amounting to hundreds of billions of yen from suit
retailer and Tokyo 2020 sponsor Aoki Holdings 8214.T ,
according to the report by Asahi Shimbun.
Prosecutors also arrested Hironori Aoki, former chairman of
Aoki Holdings, along with two others in connection with the
bribery case, news agency Kyodo said on Wednesday. The two other
people arrested were not named in the report.
Investigators raided Takahashi's home as well as the office
of advertising giant Dentsu Group 4324.T in late July.
Takahashi is a former executive of Dentsu Inc, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Dentsu Group. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2Z706Q
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Editing by Clarence Fernandez
and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
((Sakura.Murakami@thomsonreuters.com;))