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TOKYO: A bribery scandal engulfing last summer’s pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games has thrown a dark cloud over Sapporo’s 2030 bid and raised fresh questions in Japan about hosting the Olympics again.<\/p>\n
Former Tokyo 2020 executive Haruyuki Takahashi was arrested on suspicion of bribery in August and more allegations were levelled against him last week in a widening investigation into corruption at the heart of the Games.<\/p>\n
The scandal comes at a bad time for the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, which is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
Sapporo staged the Games in 1972 and is seen as a frontrunner despite competition from Vancouver and Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n
Sapporo mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Yasuhiro Yamashita were scheduled to visit International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne to talk up the bid later this month.<\/p>\n
The delegation last week cancelled the trip, with Yamashita blaming a scheduling issue.<\/p>\n
Akimoto said that it had “nothing to do with the bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics”.<\/p>\n
But the controversy has topped the headlines in Japan’s leading newspapers and prosecutors have carried out fresh raids in recent days.<\/p>\n
Takahashi, a 78-year-old former senior managing director of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu, is suspected of accepting bribes in return for helping companies become official Tokyo Games sponsors.<\/p>\n
Former and current executives from business suit retailer Aoki Holdings and major publishing firm Kadokawa have also been arrested.<\/p>\n
And local media reports say Takahashi has claimed he gave money to then-Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister.<\/p>\n
The controversy has helped rekindle anti-Olympic sentiment in Japan, which saw a swell of opposition to holding the Tokyo Games in the middle of a pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Asahi Shimbun daily in an editorial urged Sapporo to “hold off” on its 2030 bid until the scandal had been “resolved”.<\/p>\n
It said the Japanese public view the Olympics “with mistrust and suspicion”.<\/p>\n
Last year, the Asahi called for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled just two months before they were set to begin, accusing IOC officials of being “self-righteous”.<\/p>\n
MAKING A MEAL OF IT?<\/h2>\n
For all the domestic attention on the scandal, experts are doubtful it will have any impact when the IOC comes to choosing a 2030 host.<\/p>\n
With cities ever more reluctant to assume the expense and controversy of hosting a Games, the IOC cannot afford to be picky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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