Olympic corruption case Former director Did you work on Dentsu multiple times for business contracting?

A former director of the organizing committee, who was re-arrested in a corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, has multiple contacts with Dentsu, which was the contact point for the organizing committee so that ADK Holdings, a major advertising company on the side of bribery, can undertake part of the sponsorship contract work. It was newly found in the interview with the person concerned that there was a suspicion that he was working on it.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is believed to be investigating the matter as one of the conveniences that the former director sought after receiving a request from the ADK side.

Both the former director and the former president of ADK have denied the allegations.

Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the tournament organizing committee, received a request from the former president of advertising giant ADK Holdings and Shinichi Ueno, 68, to help ADK group companies undertake contract work for sponsors. He was re-arrested by the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of receiving bribes totaling 47 million yen.

With the approval of the Organizing Committee, the ADK side undertook part of the work of a major advertising company, Dentsu, which was a dedicated agent for recruiting sponsors, and received a compensation of about 40 million yen. According to the person, it was newly discovered that a Dentsu representative explained to those around him, "I was approached multiple times by a former director to outsource part of the work to ADK."

Former director Takahashi was a former managing director of Dentsu, and in December 2018, ADK was suspected of sending half of this compensation, approximately 20 million yen, as a bribe to a consulting firm whose representative was an acquaintance of the former director. There is.

The Special Investigation Unit is believed to be investigating Dentsu's approach as one of the conveniences that the former director sought after receiving a request from the ADK side.

According to people involved, former director Takahashi and former president Ueno both denied the charges, and former president Ueno explained to those around him, "I have no knowledge of the remittance of 20 million yen. I have not received any reports from my subordinates." It means that there is