Head office of publisher Kadokawa searched over bribery case

Head office of publisher Kadokawa searched over bribery case

Officers of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office prepare to search the headquarters of major publishing house and Tokyo Olympics sponsor Kadokawa Corp. in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2022. A former Kadokawa executive was arrested the same day for allegedly bribing Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic Organizing committee executive already embroiled in suspected corruption cases.

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                    Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case involving a sponsorship contract for a clothes retailer, may also have been asked to favor publishing company Kadokawa Corp., a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. The publishing company gave 70 million yen ($500,000) to an entity run by his acquaintance and prosecutors are looking into why the money was paid and whether all or part of the amount was transferred to anyone, the source said. The sum given to the entity was described as a consulting fee after the publisher became a sponsor for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in April 2019, which enabled it to publish the Summer Games' official guidebooks and records. According to the source, the acquaintance may have asked Takahashi to help Kadokawa be chosen as a sponsor.