Kadokawa chairman arrested over Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal

The chairman of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. was arrested Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a widening sponsorship bribery scandal over the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.Tsuguhiko Kadokawa is suspected by Tokyo prosecutors of giving 69 million yen ($481,000) in bribes to a consulting company led by an acquaintance of Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, in return for helping the publisher be selected as a sponsor of the Summer Games last year.The 79-year-old chairman is suspected of colluding with Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, a former exe…READ FULL ARTICLE