Kadokawa Tsuguhiko, the chair of media conglomerate Kadokawa, has been arrested on bribery charges. Taken into custody on Wednesday, the veteran executive is suspected of bribing Takahashi Haruyuki…
organizing committee and former top executive of the giant Dentsu ad agency, to the amount of JPY69 million .
Both Fukami and Takahashi, as well as former Kadokawa executives Yoshihara Toshiyuki and Maniwa Kyoji, who are suspected of arranging for the funds transfer from Kadokawa to Fukami’s firm, were arrested last week in connection with the bribery investigation. On Sept. 5, Kadokawa Tsuguhiko denied any knowledge of the bribery scheme.
Kadokawa’s older brother Kadokawa Haruki turned the once staid publishing house into a major force in the Japanese film industry by making its bestsellers into hit films, starting in the 1970s. In 1994 Haruki was convicted on a drug smuggling charge and served two and a half years in prison.
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