TOKYO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Shinichi Ueno, former president of main Japanese promoting company ADK Holdings Inc., on Friday pleaded responsible to bribery prices related to sponsorship of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
At Tokyo District Court, Ueno, 69, admitted within the first listening to of his trial to having bribed former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee govt Haruyuki Takahashi for favors over sponsor choice.
The indictment mentioned that Ueno colluded with two different ADK officers to offer a complete of 14.85 million yen (110,000 U.S. {dollars}) to Takahashi, 78, between November 2019 and January 2022 in alternate for utilizing his affect in choosing the ADK as a advertising agent for the worldwide occasion.
Ueno denied the allegation when he was arrested in October, however was launched on bail in January after admitting to it. Previous requests for bail had been denied.