TOKYO: The former chairman of Tokyo Olympics sponsor Aoki Holdings has told prosecutors he gave 2 million yen (US$14,300) in cash to the head of the Games' organising committee, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, the Sankei daily reported. Hironori Aoki, who was arrested last month for suspected bribery i
TOKYO: The former chairman of Tokyo Olympics sponsor Aoki Holdings has told prosecutors he gave 2 million yen in cash to the head of the Games' organising committee, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, the Sankei daily reported.
Prosecutors also arrested former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board Haruyuki Takahashi and two other executives on suspicion of bribery last month. Mori, 85, was prime minister for just over a year from 2000 to 2001 and headed the Tokyo 2020 organising committee from January 2014 to February 2021, when he resigned after comments he made about women talking too much sparked uproar.
Mori, a powerful figure in Japanese sports, and Takahashi were central to Tokyo's bid to win the Olympics, a campaign that began in 2011.