Olympic investigation into ad agency widens
The agency may have taken bribes from various companies that later became sponsors of the Olympic Games.
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The agency may have taken bribes from various companies that later became sponsors of the Olympic Games.
One of the two mascot characters, the "Paralympic Phryge," has a running blade on his right leg, marking the first Olympic mascot with a visible disability.
Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games may be in jeopardy after a former executive board member of the 2020 Tokyo Games committee finds himself embroiled in a bribery scandal.
Prosecutors on Wednesday brought a fourth indictment against a former Tokyo Olympic executive on charges of receiving bribes totaling around 54 million yen from a major advertisement company and a firm that sold stuffed dolls of the games' mascots. In the widening scandal that has tarnished the image of last…
The latest indictment adds to previous accusations against Haruyuki Takahashi of accepting bribes in relation to sponsorship and marketing related to the Games.