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Japanese institute paid $1.3 mil by Tokyo Olympic bid committee shuts operations

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By Ami Miyazaki

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"It's true that I am the president of that organization, but I wasn't directly involved in the handling of the finances," Mori said during a news conference last year.

Classic LDP sleight of hand as advocated by Shinzo Abe's grandfather Kishi, who laid down the guidelines for his LDP cronies with the following words: [ Before returning to Japan in October 1939, Kishi is reported to have advised his colleagues in the Manchukuo government about corruption: "Political funds should be accepted only after they have passed through a 'filter' and been 'cleansed'. If a problem arises, the 'filter' itself will then become the center of the affair, while the politician, who has consumed the 'clean water', will not be implicated. Political funds become the basis of corruption scandals only when they have not been sufficiently 'filtered'." ]

"Kishi and Corruption: An Anatomy of the 1955 System". Japan Policy Research Institute.

Yes, this is the man the US released from prison in 1948 and re-instated to power to help create the LDP, which is why we see people like Mori simply following playbook today.

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"It's true that I am the president of that organization, but I wasn't directly involved in the handling of the finances," Mori said during a news conference last year.

Rats jumping ship!

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Oh no! a dubious non profit company pockets $1.3 million tax payer money? For what?, the President who happens to be the prime Olympic organiser is clueless? Doesn't sound scebby at all.

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Kind of ironic, since the group's activities will eventually be directly responsible for public financial losses in the 10s of billions of dollars if the Games are cancelled. They should be paying out instead of being paid.

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Let's think. Created in 2009. With the former PM, who has questionable ethics. Awarded fat contract. Shut down in 2020. Ah, just a money spigot, designed to siphon off cash from Olympic coffers. Also, tied to a bribery scheme being investigated by the French. The Tokyo metropolitan government, which involved the services and oversight of Koike, had no idea it had shuttered its doors. Good job!

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Wasn't Olympus caught a few years back using a consultant for an acquisition and was unable to account for funds. In Japan, IDK seems like a common acceptable CEO answer when asked for accountability.

So, WHY? was Ghosn arrested... At least Nissan was profitable under his watch. Just askin ;o

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This is standard operating procedure for many ‘companies’ in Japan. The ‘president’ is a titular head with absolutely no power; he (always a he) is used for his name value.

Decades ago I was on a committee and the chairman announced in our first meeting that he wasn’t going to do anything and everyone else would do all the work. He pointed at a very competent female and said, ‘she’s in charge.’ Then he left the room. He still got paid for ‘his’ work, of course; we didn’t.

Mori was used because he was a former prime minister (impressive in some spheres), and ‘in charge’ of getting the Olympics for Tokyo.

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