Tokyo Olympic exec's home searched on suspicion of bribery

Prosecutors searched the Tokyo home Tuesday of an executive of the now-defunct Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on the grounds he may have accepted bribes, investigative sources said.Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, is believed to have received around 45 million yen ($330,000) from major business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. after a company he headed reached a consulting deal with the firm. Aoki's Olympic sponsorship was announced about a year later.Investigators are looking into the flow of funds and what influence it had on the holding of the sporting event, as Takahashi was deemed a quasi-c…READ FULL ARTICLE