A former director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, who was arrested in a bribery case related to a sponsorship contract for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, was frequently sent funds from a consulting firm in Tokyo run by an acquaintance, according to interviews with people involved. I understand.
A large amount of money was transferred to the consulting company from advertising companies involved in recruiting sponsors. It is considered that the elucidation of the
Haruyuki Takahashi (78), a former director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, received a total of 51 million yen in bribes from three people, including Hironori Aoki (83), former chairman of AOKI Holdings, regarding sponsorship contracts for the Games. In August, he was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes.
According to former director Takahashi and others, the deadline for detention is the 6th, and according to people involved, former chairman Aoki responded to an investigation by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department, saying, "Since he is an important person inside the Organizing Committee, I expected to pay the funds. It means that he is making a statement admitting the suspicion of bribery.
On the 5th, the Special Investigation Department newly searched the head office in Osaka and the Tokyo head office of the advertising company Ohiro.
According to people involved, Ohiro worked with former director Takahashi to be selected as a cooperating agency to handle part of the sponsor recruitment work, and sent over 100 million yen to a consulting company in Tokyo run by an acquaintance of the former director. There is a suspicion that
It is known that about 70 million yen was transferred to the consulting company from major publishing company KADOKAWA, which was the sponsor of the tournament, but it is said that funds were often sent from this company to the former director's company on a daily basis. That's it.
The Special Investigation Department is also voluntarily interviewing an acquaintance of the former director who runs a consulting company, and it is expected that the flow of funds around the former director will be further elucidated.