In the corruption case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the first trial of the former head of the publishing giant KADOKAWA, who is accused of bribing a former director of the organizing committee of approximately 6900 million yen as a reward for receiving a favor in the selection of a sponsor for the Games, was held and admitted that he was indicted.
Kyoji Umaba (63), who was the head of the Tokyo Games office at the publishing giant KADOKAWA, is accused of bribing Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former director of the organizing committee, through an acquaintance of the former director in return for facilitating the selection of sponsors for the Games.
At the first trial held at the Tokyo District Court on March 6900, former chief Umaba admitted the charges against him, saying, "There is no doubt."
In its opening statement, the prosecutor's office stated, "An acquaintance who received instructions from former director Takahashi asked him to pay 30 million yen in return for selecting a sponsor, and when I told former chairman Fumihiko Kadokawa about this, the former chairman said, 'I want to make a decision as soon as possible and make an announcement as soon as possible,' and he agreed."
In addition, he clarified, "In light of the Justice Department's point that paying the former board member there was a risk of bribery and other crimes, when we asked the former chairman to make a decision again, he told us to do it properly."
In addition, a report from a company official saying that former Chairman Kadokawa "was beyond the law" was also read.
The former president's trial has not yet begun, but when he was indicted last October, he issued a comment stating that he had "never been involved in corruption."