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Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games arrives at Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, appeared in a Tokyo district court for the first time on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, to face charges of taking millions in bribes tied to the Games. He was arrested more than a year ago and its unclear when his trial will end. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-Tokyo Olympics official pleads not guilty to taking bribes in exchange for Games contracts

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The headquarters of Japanese advertising company Dentsu Inc. stands in Tokyo on June 5, 2020. The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics played out Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies facing criminal charges. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed

Associated Press

In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and Olympics in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizers are again trying to squelch fears that that this summer's games could be postponed or cancelled. Toshiro Muto is the CEO for the games and he went out of his way to say “the Olympics and Paralympics will be held as planned.&quot; (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) **FILE**

Tokyo tries to quell fear of Olympic-Paralympic cancellation

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press