Ad agency suspected of paying bribes for Tokyo Olympics contract
12:44 JST, September 5, 2022
An Osaka-based advertising agency, Daiko Advertising, is suspected of being involved in the bribery case connected to the Tokyo Olympics, sources said.
Haruyuki Takahashi, a Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member who has already been arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from a different company, is suspected of having lobbied for the agency to be selected as a sales cooperation agency to handle the organizing committee’s sponsor recruitment activities.
The sources said that Daiko had paid a total of approximately ¥14 million to a company run by an acquaintance of Takahashi.
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Record 320 School Staff Punished for Sex Offenses in Japan
-
Miho Nakayama, Japanese Actress and Singer, Found Dead at Her Tokyo Residence; She was 54 (UPDATE 1)
-
Central Tokyo Observes 1st Snow of Season; 25 Days Earlier than Last Winter
-
Risk of Nuclear Weapons Being Used Greater Than Ever; Support Growing in Russia As Ukraine War Continues
-
Overtourism Grows as Snow Cap Appears on Mt. Fuji; Local Municipalities Hard Pressed to Establish Countermeasures
JN ACCESS RANKING
- China’s New Energy Vehicles Dominating Domestic Market; Japanese, European Automakers Losing Ground
- New Energy Plan Reflects Fear of Reduced Competitiveness; Japan Concerned About Exclusion From Supply Chains
- Prehistoric Stone Tool Cut Out of Coral Reef and Taken Away in Kyushu island; Artifact was Believed to Have Been Dropped in Sea During Prehistoric Jomon Period
- Record 320 School Staff Punished for Sex Offenses in Japan
- Miho Nakayama, Japanese Actress and Singer, Found Dead at Her Tokyo Residence; She was 54 (UPDATE 1)