The president of a Japanese publishing company was indicted for allegedly bribing Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee officials

　　According to Japan’s Kyodo News, on October 4, local time, on suspicion of bribing about 69 million yen to Haruyuki Takahashi, the principal of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Prosecutor’s Office charged Kadokawa Arihiko, the president of the “Kadokawa” publishing company. file a lawsuit.

　　According to previous reports by Japanese media, on September 14, Kadokawa Arihiko, one of the sponsors of the Tokyo Olympics and the president of the publishing company “Kadokawa”, was arrested by the Tokyo District Prosecutor’s Office on suspicion of bribing officials of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee.

Kadokawa Arihiko admitted to paying the funds during the investigation, but denied that it was bribery, saying that "there is no knowledge of bribery", and it is "consulting fees for general sports."

(He Xinlei, Headquarters reporter)