THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 8, 2023 at 17:28 JST
Yasuo Mori speaks at a news conference after a marathon test event of the Tokyo 2020 Games in Sapporo on May 5, 2021. (Pool)
Tokyo prosecutors on Feb. 8 arrested four people, including a former executive of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee and a former sports official at advertising giant Dentsu Inc., after a months-long investigation into suspicions they played a leading role in bid-rigging for contracts related to Games’ test events. [Read More]
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