3 admit to bribery in securing Tokyo Olympics sponsorship

A former chairman and two other senior officials of major business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc admitted in court Thursday to having bribed a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive to become a sponsor for the sporting event held last year.

With the pandemic and work from home crushing suit sales here is to the company purging all its useless execs and going leaner and returning more to its workers.

What a shame, but unfortunately this is what it takes these days to get things done.

A bit of good news (maybe) coming out of this and other Tokyo Olympic scandals:

"Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee said Tuesday they would halt aggressive promotional efforts for Sapporo's bid in the wake of the scandals while announcing a nationwide survey will be conducted to establish the public's sentiment toward the bid."

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221222/p2g/00m/0sp/067000c

Let's see what happens.

So the prosecutors are going to stop at Takahashi and not go up the food chain to Mori? If no money going up, then he should at least be known for incompetence due to lack of oversight.

The Olympics! Seriously? Noooo way! I don't believe any of it. Bribery? Back handers? I thought it was all about sport.

Well, at least there is one bright spot. They are going to let men take part in synchronized swimming. Or dancing in water.

to having bribed a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive

Who is that executive? Does he have a name?

Gotta love those "consulting fees." Sadly, this kind of thing is part of all Olympic Games and World Cup events - it's just a matter of scale.

Who is that executive? Does he have a name?

Haruyuki Takahashi.

Has everybody noticed that Koike is still hiding because all these scandals about the Tokyo Olympics is still in the press?

Disgraceful!

What a disgrace and a massive insult to Mr Bach a kind and honest man.

why are these people so greedy and use this wonderful event to make profit from this event that unutes humanity.

Greed conquers all. Show no mercy. Oh, wait there is an issue of bachi in this case. The Covid Olympics skewed the issue. It’s called double whammy. Government prosecution plus loss of business opportunity. Which brings in another saying: you reap what you sow.

Only three?

Takahashi allegedly was paid 51 million yen in total, but the charges for payments made before that period were dropped since the three-year statute of limitations had expired.

3 yrs? With as many meetings as is required to get anything done in Japan, that seems much to short for a statute of limitations for bribery this size. Maybe change that law to add 1 yr to the statue of limitations for each 1M yen?

Takahashi disgraced all of Japan. How long was his head shaved?

Politicians are dirtier than the Yakuza.

Disgraceful!

Wow! I got a negative vote for saying that. I guess someone thinks acting immorally is fine. What a sad world we live in.