The Tokyo District Court has decided to grant bail to Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, former director of the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Games, who was indicted four times for accepting bribes in connection with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics sponsorship contract. .
His bail is 80 million yen, which he has already paid.
If the prosecution does not file a semi-appeal, the former director is expected to be released on bail on the 26th.
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, received bribes totaling nearly 200 million yen from five companies, including major menswear company AOKI Holdings and major publishing company KADOKAWA, in connection with sponsorship contracts for the Games and screening of licensed products. He has been indicted four times by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office for accepting bribes.
Takahashi's request for bail has been rejected twice so far, but the Tokyo District Court decided to grant bail on the 26th after reconsidering the third request submitted on the 23rd of this month. did.
The bail is 80 million yen, and the former director has already paid it.
The court is believed to have judged that the possibility of escape or destruction of evidence is low even if bail is granted.
If the prosecution does not file a semi-appeal, the former director is expected to be released on bail on the 26th, and will leave the Tokyo Detention House, where he has been detained for more than four months since his arrest in August this year.