The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigative squad on Wednesday morning searched the Tokyo home of Hironori Aoki, the former chairman of Aoki Holdings Inc., in connection with a case in which Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, allegedly received a large sum of money from the major business attire company that was a sponsor of the Games.
The special investigative squad also searched the office of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, which is currently in the process of being dissolved, in the Tokyo metropolitan government building.
On Tuesday, the special investigative squad searched Takahashi's home and his company on suspicion of bribery. It also searched Dentsu Inc., a major advertising agency in Minato Ward, Tokyo, which was responsible for seeking sponsors for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The prosecutors are questioning Takahashi, 78, on a voluntary basis to investigate circumstances surrounding the suspicious flow of funds to him.
