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Ex-Tokyo Games exec held in new bribery case

Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee who was arrested last month on suspicion of receiving bribes from one Games sponsor, Aoki Holdings, Inc., was rearrested on Tuesday on suspicion of receiving a total of about 76 million yen in bribes…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 6, 2022

Arrested Games exec linked to deal with Kadokawa Takahashi linked to another deal in Games bribery probe

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member already under arrest in an Olympics-related bribery probe is now suspected of acting as an intermediary for major publisher Kadokawa Corp. to be selected as an official Tokyo Games sponsor, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 3, 2022

Aoki 'pressed for lower fees' after Tokyo Games postponed to 2021

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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 22, 2022

Dame Laura Kenny defies doubts to claim Commonwealth gold in scratch race

The five-time Olympic champion has endured a traumatic period since the Tokyo Games last summer, suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Tokyo Olympic Board Member Under Investigation

Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Miller-Uibo of Bahamas Wins Women's World 400m Title

Two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas finally bagged world gold in the women’s 400m in Eugene on Friday, signing off on the one-lap event to re-focus on her favored 200m. Miller-Uibo, who was deprived of gold in Doha in 2019 by Salwa Eid Nasr of Bahrain -- since…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 23, 2022

Jackson celebrates 200 metres win at worlds after Tokyo heartache

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson is now a world champion after a mistake led to an early exit at the Tokyo Games

The Hindu · Jul 22, 2022

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

The COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics opened a year ago on July 23, 2021

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

Tokyo Games official probed over contract

Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive board member of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, may have received a total of over 45 million yen from one of the Games sponsors, Aoki Holdings Inc., through a consultancy contract between it and his consultancy firm, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jul 20, 2022