Japanese businessman Haruyuki Takahashi was paid $8.2m (€7.4m) by the Tokyo 2020 Olympics bid committee for his work to help secure the Games, and was instrumental in getting the support of Lamine Diack, the former head of the international athletics federation, according to a report by Reuters.
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