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A corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo Olympics widened on Wednesday as a former Games executive was re-arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from two firms, one of which reportedly sold official…

Former Tokyo Olympic executive Haruyuki Takahashi accepted bribes from company

Former Tokyo 2020 Executive Board member Haruyuki Takahashi faces a fourth bribery charge in Japan in relation to cash allegedly received from mascot distributor Sun Arrow.

Haruyuki Takahashi, who has been at the center of a growing corruption scandal, is believed to have received a total of ¥8 million in cash from stuffed toymaker Sun Arrow.

A company that was responsible for selling officially licensed stuffed toys of the Tokyo Olympics mascots is suspected of giving several million yen to a former executive of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, investigative sources said Friday, in a spate of bribery scandals invol...

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.

A company selected to sell stuffed mascot dolls for the Tokyo Summer Games gave millions of yen to an acquaintance of a suspect in the widening Olympic bribery scandal, investigative sources said.

Another company has been suspected of being involved in the ever-developing Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal.