Investigators interrogate ex-Japanese prime minister over Olympic scandal

ТОКИО , Sep 9 Former prime minister and former head of the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mo Ri voluntarily answered questions from investigators as a witness in the case of one of the former members of the organizing committee, Haruyuki Takahashi, who was arrested on suspicion of corruption. in turn, a lawyer representing the interests of Yoshiro Mori declined to comment, «so as not to create possible obstacles to the investigation.» A few days ago, the Japanese prosecutor's office received a new order for the arrest of Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the organizing committee of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, on suspicion of receiving a large bribe from a publishing house KADOKAWA in the amount of 70 million yen (518 thousand dollars at the exchange rate today, at the time of taking the bribe, the amount was approximately 625 thousand dollars).