A former Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive who has been arrested in a bribery probe is suspected of proposing that Games sponsorship fees from a major publisher be diverted to an acquaintance's consulting firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office suspects that a portion of the sponsorship fees, which are normally paid in full to the organizing committee, was diverted to Kazumasa Fukami, 73, on the suggestion of Haruyuki Takahashi, 78.
Takahashi, who was served a fresh arrest warrant Tuesday, and Fukami have been held on suspicion of accepting 76 million yen from Kadokawa Corp. from July 2019 to January 2021 in return for favors linked to the sponsorship.
