The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended jail sentence on Friday (Apr 21) together with two others, within the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the occasion.
Corruption allegations have mushroomed within the aftermath of the pandemic-delayed Games, implicating main corporations and damaging Japan’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Hironori Aoki, the 84-year-old ex-head of high-street enterprise swimsuit retailer Aoki Holdings, obtained a suspended jail time period of two and a half years, a Tokyo District Court spokesman informed AFP.
Aoki pleaded responsible in December to accusations that he and two colleagues bribed a Tokyo 2020 board member to safe sponsorship rights, based on Japanese media.
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Baseball: Yamanashi Gakuin rides ace to spring highschool title
Kyodo – Apr 02
Yamanashi Gakuin beat Hotoku Gakuen 7-3 within the ultimate of the ninety fifth highschool invitational baseball match Saturday at Koshien Stadium behind a whole recreation from ace Kengo Hayashi, claiming a first-ever nationwide championship for Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Nikkei – Mar 26
Shoma Uno retained his males’s determine skating world title with a nerveless free skate on residence ice on Saturday after Madison Chock and Evan Bates overcame a fall of their free dance to win their first ice dance world title.
Japan wins World Baseball Classic title
NHK – Mar 22
Japan has gained the World Baseball Classic for the third time, beating the defending champion United States 3 to 2 within the ultimate. It’s their first title since 2009.
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