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2020 TOKYO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Games executive suspected of giving favors to ad agency ADK
Haruyuki Takahashi has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from companies including Aoki Holdings Inc. over Tokyo Games sponsorship contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2022
Ex-JOC chief Takeda questioned over Tokyo Olympics corruption case
Prosecutors are seeking to establish a bribery case against Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive of the organizing committee.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 15, 2022
Runner Abraham Guem back in Japan to light up South Sudan's sporting future
Guem first came to Japan in November 2019 for a training camp in Maebashi, where the donation-funded stay stretched to over 20 months when the Olympics were postponed due to the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2022
Kadokawa chairman arrested in widening Tokyo Olympic bribery case
Prosecutors suspect Kadokawa made the bribes to Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former Dentsu executive and a prominent figure in the sports business world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Sep 10, 2022
Panel determines NHK Olympic documentary violated broadcasting ethics
The committee concluded that the program claimed a man had been paid to participate in an anti-Olympics rally, though in reality the man hadn't participated in such a demonstration.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2022
Ex-PM Mori questioned over Tokyo Olympics corruption scandal
Prosecutors have been seeking to establish a bribery case against Haruyuki Takahashi, who allegedly received money from two companies in return for sponsorship deals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec suspected of using consulting firm to accept bribes
Haruyuki Takahashi is suspected of using close business ties between his consulting firm and one headed by an acquaintance to receive bribes from Kadokawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
Top Kadokawa execs arrested in widening Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
The publishing giant's headquarters and the Tokyo home of Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa have been searched.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2022
Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal widens as Osaka-based ad firm raided
Prosecutors have announced they are looking into allegations that Daiko provided at least u00a514 million on three occasions to a firm run by an acquaintance of a former Games official.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2022
Prosecutors raid ad firm in Osaka suspected of paying arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic executive for favor
A consultancy run by an acquaintance of Haruyuki Takahashi was paid a total of u00a526 million by the Kansai-based ad agency, with Takahashi believed to have received a portion of the funds.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Games executive suspected of giving favors to publisher Kadokawa
A consulting company headed by an acquaintance of Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, received about u00a570 million from Japanese publisher Kadokawa.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 2, 2022
Tokyo Games gold medalist Sena Irie to pursue passion for frogs
Irie revealed her love for the study of frogs at last summer's Tokyo Games, where she became the first Japanese woman to reach an Olympic boxing podium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2022
Olympic sponsor accused of bribery allegedly paid ex-Prime Minister Mori
Tokyo prosecutors are investigating the purpose and the timing of a suspected payment to Yoshiro Mori, who was for a time head of the Games organizing committee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 29, 2022
One year on, Tohoku searching for legacy of ‘reconstruction Olympics’
Disaster-hit areas had welcomed the Olympics as an opportunity to express gratitude for global support after the 2011 quake, but the Tokyo 2020 Games were heavily affected by the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2022
Arrest over alleged bribery could be final whistle on career of Japan's sporting event ace
Since organizing a 1977 soccer event featuring Pele, Haruyuki Takahashi has been a towering figure in the sports business world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Aug 26, 2022
Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal puts spotlight on money's influence
The scandal is also being watched closely in Sapporo, which is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 25, 2022
IPC President Andrew Parsons praises inclusive legacy of Tokyo Paralympics
'This is the beginning of the journey where you see Paralympic sport at the service of an inclusion agenda and not only as a sporting event, and we started that in Tokyo.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2022
Aoki asked for favors from Tokyo Olympic exec until just before Games began
Public prosecutors believe the firm had relied on the exec for not only sponsorship selection but also a wide-range of pursuits, including sales of officially licensed products.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2022
Arrest of former Tokyo Olympics executive has Sapporo worried
The city is in the middle of efforts to drive up public support for its 2030 Winter Games bid, and reduced enthusiasm due to the scandal could prove fatal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympics executive received written request from Aoki
According to regulations, members of the organizing committee were defined as quasi-public servants banned from receiving money or goods in relation to their duties.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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