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Former Kadokawa media company executive pleads guilty to bribery in Japan Olympics scandal

By Toko Sekiguchi ( March 31, 2023, 05:54 GMT | Insight) -- A former employee of Japanese media company Kadokawa pled guilty to bribery charges on Thursday in the Tokyo Olympic graft scandal involving some of Japan’s top companies. Kyoji Maniwa, a longtime magazine editor at Kadokawa also ran the company's Olympic business team and was on trial at the Tokyo District Court. The prosecutor’s case against Maniwa also featured the prominent role of Kadokawa’s then chairman and media mogul Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, who remains in custody since his September arrest.A former employee of Japanese media company Kadokawa pled guilty to bribery charges on Thursday in the Tokyo Olympic graft scandal involving some of Japan’s top companies. Kyoji Maniwa, a longtime magazine editor at Kadokawa also ran the company's Olympic business team and was on trial at the Tokyo District Court. The prosecutor’s case against Maniwa also featured the prominent role of Kadokawa’s then chairman and media mogul Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, who remains in custody since his September arrest (see here)....

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