In a bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics, it was discovered that the company that sold the stuffed animals used as the mascots of the Tokyo Olympics demanded the organizing committee not to sell related products of other companies. Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, former director of the Organizing Committee, who was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, is suspected of having received about 8 million yen from a stuffed animal company in Tokyo that manufactured and sold the stuffed animals used as the mascots of the Games. there is According to people involved, executives of the company requested the organizing committee not to sell other companies’ products related to the mascot, but the organizing committee refused. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s Special Investigation Department is believed to be investigating the former director’s attempt to use his influence over the Organizing Committee. FNN Prime Online https://www.fnn.jp/
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