Former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive Haruyuki Takahashi was https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/17/national/crime-legal/haruyuki-takahashi-hironori-aoki-arrests/”>arrested by prosecutors earlier this month on charges that he received ¥51 million in bribes in exchange for giving apparel-maker Aoki Holdings special treatment in becoming a sponsor of the Games.
The ongoing investigation has once again put the spotlight on the role of money in large sporting events such as the Olympics, and is https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/08/19/national/tokyo-games-arrests-sapporo-concerns/”>being watched closely in Sapporo, which is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
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