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HARUYUKI TAKAHASHI

Haruyuki Takahashi (center) arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2023
Former Tokyo Games executive pleads not guilty over bribery
Haruyuki Takahashi is accused of accepting about ¥200 million in bribes to help firms be selected as sponsors and marketing agents for the Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2023
Stuffed-toy maker's former execs convicted in Tokyo Olympics bribery case
They are among 15 people indicted for bribing a former organizing committee member over Olympic sponsorship and marketing contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Dentsu officials admit to Tokyo Olympic test event bid-rigging
The officials admitted to the wrongdoing during voluntary questioning with prosecutors, while maintaining they were not aware of any illegality at first.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2022
Former Tokyo Olympics executive arrested over bribes released on bail
Haruyuki Takahashi, who has been indicted four times on charges of receiving bribes in connection to the Games, posted u00a580 millionu00a0($603,000) in bail.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2022
Aoki Holdings founder pleads guilty to bribery related to Tokyo Games
Thursday's court hearing was the first related to a series of scandals involving the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2022
Former Tokyo Olympic executive indicted for fourth time in bribery case
The latest indictment adds to previous accusations against Haruyuki Takahashi of accepting bribes in relation to sponsorship and marketing related to the Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2022
Tokyo Olympic graft case highlights how Dentsu controls Japan’s ad industry
A bribery case has shed light the relationship between the ad giant and its smaller rivals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2022
Arrested former ADK chief denies giving bribes to Tokyo Olympic exec
The ex-head of the ad agency is said to be claiming that the money paid to the former executive member was too much to be regarded as a bribe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Oct 21, 2022
Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal: Investigation ensnares stuffed-toy maker and ad firms
The case has grown to encompass ADK Holdings — Japan's third-largest advertising firm — and stuffed-toy maker Sun Arrow, among others.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2022
Head of Japan's third largest ad agency resigns amid Olympic bribery scandal
The president of ADK Holdings — Japan's third-largest ad agency — has resigned, the company said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2022
Tokyo prosecutors arrest president of ad firm ADK in Olympics bribery case
Tokyo prosecutors arrested Shinichi Ueno, 68, president of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec faces fourth charge in growing bribery scandal
Haruyuki Takahashi, who has been at the center of a growing corruption scandal, is believed to have received a total of u00a58 million in cash from stuffed toymaker Sun Arrow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympic executive to be probed over fresh bribery case
Haruyuki Takahashi, who wielded great influence over the selection of sponsors for the Tokyo Olympics, has already been arrested three times on suspicion of accepting much bigger bribes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2022
Publisher Kadokawa's chairman indicted over Olympics bribery
Following the indictment, Kadokawa said through his lawyers that he intends to step down from the chairman's post, though he continues to deny the allegations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec Haruyuki Takahashi faces new charge in growing bribery scandal
Prosecutors suspect Takahashi received bribes worth u00a515 million from Daiko Advertising for asking the organizing committee to use the firm as an agent for a major English school operator.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2022
Tokyo Games bribery scandal widens to include firm that made stuffed toys of mascots
Prosecutors are probing whether former Games executive Haruyuki Takahashi lobbied the committee to extend favor to Sun Arrow over the sale of stuffed toys for the Games, the sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2022
Arrest of Kadokawa chief rocks sprawling media empire
Initially a publisher of books and textbooks, over the years the company has expanded into movies, video games and apps.
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
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.
'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.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
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.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
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.
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.

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