Ex-chairman of suit retailer convicted for Tokyo Olympics bribery

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced the former chairman of business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. to a suspended prison term for bribing a Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive in connection with the games in 2021.The Tokyo District Court gave Hironori Aoki, 84, a prison term of two-and-a-half years, suspended for four years, for paying 28 million yen ($209,000) to Haruyuki Takahashi, 79, who exerted influence over the committee's marketing division.The ruling was the first in a series of bribery cases involving Takahashi, who has been charged with accepting bribes from Aoki and …READ FULL ARTICLE