The Sumo Association said that a man who was an adviser to the Japan Sumo Association caused damage to the Sumo Association by taking on the role of personally receiving money from a trader in return for the transaction over the renovation work of the Kokugikan. In a trial in which the former advisers sought compensation, the Tokyo District Court sentenced the former advisers to pay more than 98 million yen.
In 2012, the Japan Sumo Association signed a business consignment contract with a company for which a former advisor served as a representative director, such as advice on crisis management.
However, the Sumo Association said that the former adviser used his position to do damages such as personally receiving money from the trader in return for the transaction over the renovation work of the Kokugikan. I was seeking compensation of about 520 million yen from the company that served as an advisor and representative director.
The former adviser, on the other hand, claimed that he had no authority to choose a vendor and had never intervened unfairly.
In a ruling on the 8th, Judge Chizu Nakamata of the Tokyo District Court said, "The former adviser was in a position to exert a certain influence on the contractual relationship concluded by the Sumo Association. I personally received money in return for concluding contracts and transactions in the name of fees, etc. This act hinders the fair selection of traders of the Sumo Association and the realization of proper and advantageous pricing. " did.
In addition, when negotiating a license with a pachinko maker regarding the name of a sumo wrestler, a video showing the receipt of cash from an intermediary was posted on the Internet. Credit has been damaged. "
Then, he ordered the payment of more than 98 million yen according to the former advisers as the amount of damage to the Sumo Association.