An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara was given a two-year prison sentence Tuesday, which was suspended for four years. That means he avoids prison time as long as he doesn’t break the law in the next four years. He was charged with paying 69 million yen, or about $463,000, to Haruyuki Takahashi. Tokyo District Court Presiding Judge Yoshihisa Nakao said Yoshihara wanted Kadokawa
TOKYO — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa was found guilty Tuesday of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member.
“The belief in the fairness of the Games has been damaged,” Nakao said, stressing Yoshihara knew the payments were illegal and sought to disguise them as consulting fees.Joel Embiid decides to play for USA — not France — in Paris OlympicsThe punishment was suspended because Yoshihara had expressed remorse, and his wife had promised to watch over him, Nakao said.
At the center of the scandal is Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, who joined the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee in 2014, and had great influence in arranging sponsorships for the Games. Takahashi says he is innocent. His trial is yet to begin.
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