Tokyo prosecutors arrested Shinichi Ueno, 68, president of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings, and two other people Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected bribery related to the Tokyo Olympics.
The arrests mark the latest widening of a corruption scandal involving Olympic sponsors that has centered on Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former member of the Tokyo Organising Committee, but has spread across corporate Japan.
On Wednesday, Takahashi was served a fourth arrest warrant on suspicion of receiving bribes totaling some ¥54 million ($362,000) in cash from ADK and stuffed toy-maker Sun Arrow that sold officially licensed stuffed toys of the Games' mascots.