REUTERS
November 26, 2020 at 11:25 JST
Japanese Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto comments on the impact from the spread of the new coronavirus on the Tokyo Olympics after an Olympic flame ceremony in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Japan’s Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto said it was not the central government’s role to look into reports about large payments the Tokyo campaign made to various entities in the run-up to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) vote in 2013.
In response to a question from a lawmaker about Reuters’ reporting on the subject, Hashimoto said it was the responsibility of the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Tokyo metropolitan government to explain the bid’s activities.
IOC chief Thomas Bach said last week no IOC rules were infringed by payments in 2013 and 2014 totaling more than $8 million from the Tokyo Olympic bid committee to an executive of the Tokyo organizing committee.
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