A member of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics board who reportedly got money from a sponsor with whom he entered into a consulting agreement had his residence seized by Japanese police on Tuesday.
As a quasi-civil servant who was not allowed to accept money or gifts related to his position, Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, is suspected of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from high street business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., an “official partner” of last year’s pandemic-delayed mega-event.
The Tokyo prosecutor’s office stated that it was unable to comment on specific instances. Aoki is thought to have paid money to Takahashi’s sports consulting business for a 2017 agreement.In October 2018, Aoki signed on as a sponsor of the Tokyo Games, granting it permission to use the event’s logo and market goods with an official license
