For several years now, @Reuters has been probing Tokyo's successful Olympics bid that led to this moment.
Last March we wrote about a Japanese businessman (and 2020 board member) who was paid $8 million during the bid, which has not been explained. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-lobbying-exclusive-idUSKBN21I0CX …
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We also found that a non-profit headed by ex Tokyo 2020 head Yoshiro Mori was paid $1.3 million during Tokyo's successful bid. Here's how IOC's Bach responded to our questions last year.https://jp.reuters.com/article/olympics-2020-bach-visit-bid-idINKBN27W186 …
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The head of Tokyo's bid committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has come under investigation by French authorities over a $2 million payment the bid made to a Singaporean firm, which prosecutors believe was made to sway IOC votes
@danielleussinkhttps://jp.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-takeda-insight/japans-gentleman-equestrian-at-heart-of-olympics-corruption-probe-idUSKCN1TL01F …Show this thread -
In October,
@slodek and I published this story, which was partly based on interviews conducted by an official review of Tokyo's bid. Those documents showed that#Dentsu played an important role in Tokyo's bid. We outline their role here:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-dentsu-insight-idUSKBN26Z32N …Show this thread -
Dentsu stood to benefit from an Olympics on its own turf. It played a central role in planning and promoting the Tokyo Games, raising $3 billion-plus in corporate sponsorship for the event, putting it in a position to collect large commissions on the amounts paid by sponsors.
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Back in 2019, we reported that French authorities were interested in a Swiss partner of
#Dentsu, suspecting the entity played a “central and essential role” in deals to embezzle sponsorship money meant for the world athletics org https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-sports-investigation-dentsu-partner-e/exclusive-french-investigators-focus-on-dentsu-partner-in-sports-corruption-probe-idUSKCN1VH2JY …@NathanPLayne@gabrielletfShow this thread -
Also, that non-profit headed by Mori we wrote about last year? It shut down late last year without fanfare.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-institute-idUSKBN29V0LV …
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