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TOKYO (AP) — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa was found guilty Tuesday of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara, charged with paying 69 million yen ($463,000) to Haruyuki Takahashi, was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for four years. The 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. Maniwa, accused of depositing the money to Takahashi’s account, was given a suspended sentence in June.
Persons: Toshiyuki Yoshihara, Haruyuki Takahashi, Yoshihisa Nakao, Yoshihara, Kadokawa, ” Nakao, Nakao, , , denting, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Takahashi, Sun, Kyoji Maniwa, Maniwa, Hironori Aoki, Shinichi Ueno, Yuri Kageyama Organizations: TOKYO, Kadokawa, Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo Games, Kadokawa Group, Japanese Olympic, Tokyo Olympic, Games, Aoki Holdings, Daiko, Inc, Paris Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Sapporo, paris
TOKYO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday arrested the president and two former employees of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings Inc over suspected bribery related to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japanese media said. The arrests mark the latest widening of a corruption scandal involving Olympic sponsors that has centred on a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, but has spread across corporate Japan. Prosecutors arrested Shinichi Ueno, 68, the president and CEO of privately held ADK, and raided the company's headquarters over suspicions it and a maker of stuffed toys paid a bribe of about 54 million yen ($362,000) related to the Olympics, Kyodo said. In August, prosecutors arrested a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki Takahashi, on suspicion of receiving bribes. Separately, media reported that prosecutors had decided to arrest Takahashi again on Wednesday, meaning he faces longer detention so prosecutors can question him further.
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