Olympics Corruption Case Former director may have worked to conclude a contract at the request of Ohiro executives

A former director of the organizing committee, who was re-arrested on the 27th in a corruption case involving the sponsorship contract for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, received a request from an executive of the advertising company Ohiro, which was arrested on suspicion of bribery, and received a request from a client service company. Interviews with people involved have newly revealed that there is a suspicion that the organizing committee was working to enter into a sponsorship contract with a company.

Ohiro received tens of millions of yen in compensation for undertaking contract work for this company, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is believed to be investigating the fact that he was offered a bribe of 15 million yen as a reward. .

According to people involved, the former director has denied the allegations.

Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Games, received a request from Yoshikazu Taniguchi, 57, an executive officer of the advertising company Daiko, to undertake the sponsorship contract for the Tokyo Games, and made arrangements for it. As a reward for this, he was re-arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on the 27th on suspicion of receiving bribes totaling 15 million yen in the three years until February this year.

According to people involved, the former director was asked by Director Taniguchi to support Ohiro's business partner, a service company, to sign a contract with the organizing committee as a tournament sponsor.

In response to this, the former director is suspected of working with the organizing committee to quickly conclude a contract, and Ohiro received tens of millions of yen in compensation for undertaking contract work for this company.

The Special Investigation Department is believed to be proceeding with an investigation, assuming that Taniguchi provided a bribe of 15 million yen as a reward for Ohiro's large amount of compensation.

The Special Investigation Department has not disclosed the identity of the suspect, but according to people involved, the former director has denied it, saying, "I have no memory of it."