Former organizing committee director: “Directors have no authority” Olympic and Paralympic corruption case trial. Haruyuki Takahashi is accused of receiving bribes totaling nearly 200 million yen from five companies.

He is charged with accepting bribes in exchange for accepting bribes of yen. In the future, witnesses will be interviewed from those involved in the case. The defense claims that the board does not have voting rights regarding marketing. "Their authority was not recognized," the defense said in its opening statement.