Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, appeared in a Tokyo district court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to taking bribes tied to the Games.
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![Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, is shown in this March 30, 2020, file photo. Japanese prosecutors arrested Takahashi and three employees of a clothing company on bribery charges Wednesday. A head-and-shoulders image of a man wearing a suit.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6553461.1702555946!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/olympics-japan-tokyo-games-arrests.jpg)
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, appeared in a Tokyo district court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to taking bribes tied to the Games.