“We’re exceptionally proud, there is a special group forming. “And there is another group of players who had been though the disappointments Parma last year who had to dig into their soul. You have to trust people and allow them to show what they are made of and express themselves. “Maybe people questioned giving the young players an opportunity. “I can’t wait to see where Dannah gets to as an individual but she’s not alone.
“In Dannah we have a generational player, only 18, but we have a few of them, Méabh Deely, Aoife Dalton, Leah Tarpey, Natasja Behan, all these players are the future of Irish rugby. “Even if we had gone 20-0 down, I would have had confidence in this group,” beamed McWilliams after a squad featuring six debutants, spearheaded by Tullow teen Dannah O’Brien, offered a glimpse of a brighter future as he also reflected emotionally on the failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup. That was double the initial estimate when the International Olympic Committee awarded Tokyo the event, but less than the $25 billion some had predicted.Ireland coach Greg McWilliams never had any doubts that his young guns would make it big in Japan, as his nine-try side rebounded from an early 15-0 deficit to romp to a 57-22 win on the opening leg of their historic summer tour. The official price tag for the latest Tokyo Games was $13 billion, mostly public money. That came as a disappointment, as the games were supposed to drum up tourism revenue and put a spotlight on Japan’s prowess in a similar way as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics did. The event was postponed by a year and held with no public ticket sales because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo hosted the 2020 Games, which included the Paralympics, with much fanfare - as well as criticism, especially over the ballooning costs - in summer 2021. Seiko Hashimoto, a lawmaker who was in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, has promised to cooperate with the investigation. Speculation is growing there may be even more arrests. Prosecutors had raided Hironori Aoki’s Tokyo home last month. The dubious payments were made more than 50 times, they said. Japanese media reports said Takahashi denied wrongdoing, stressing he was paid for consulting services.Īlso arrested were Hironori Aoki, 83, who founded Aoki, his younger brother and deputy at the company Takahisa Aoki, 76, and Katsuhisa Ueda, 40, an executive at a group company, prosecutors said.
The Japanese Olympic Committee was not immediately available for comment. Takahashi left the Dentsu board in 2009, but continued to wield considerable influence in the advertising and event organizing sector in Japan and headed his own company.Īoki said it was still looking into the matter and did not have immediate comment. Japan also is pursuing the 2030 Winter Olympics for Sapporo.
Dentsu is a key player in many major Japanese events, including the Olympics. Takahashi is credited with landing $3 billion in local sponsorships for the Tokyo Games. The alleged bribery, totaling 51 million yen ($380,000) deposited into a bank account of Takahashi’s company from October 2017 to March this year, is believed to be linked to sponsorship of the games and products related to the Olympics, the Tokyo District Prosecutors said in a statement.Īlthough corruption at top levels among Olympic officials had long been rumored, the arrest comes as a blow to Japan’s Olympic ambitions.
and two company employees, the prosecutors’ office said.Īoki, which produces “recruit suits” that youngsters fresh out of school wear for job interviews and their first jobs, was a surprise pick to dress the Japanese Olympic team when other nations had top fashion brands designing their athletes’ outfits. Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from the former head of Aoki Holdings Inc. TOKYO > A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday.
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