Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, may have pressed the committee to reduce Aoki Holdings Inc.'s additional sponsorship fee after the Games were postponed in 2020, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
In the latest twist in the alleged bribery case, it is suspected that Aoki Holding's fee was lowered from an initial 100 million yen to 10 million yen.
