{
  "id": 7716114,
  "title": "Ex-Event Firm Chief Guilty over Tokyo Games Bid-Rigging",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ex-event-firm-chief-guilty-over-tokyo-games-bid-rigging",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T05:06:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091600119/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court sentenced a former president of event management company Same Two Inc. to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, on Wednesday for bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021. The Tokyo-based company was fined 150 million yen. All six companies charged over Tokyo Games bid-rigging were found guilty at the d...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Ex-event firm chief guilty over Tokyo Games bid-rigging",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ex-event-firm-chief-guilty-over-tokyo-games-bid-rigging-7733287",
        "published": "2026-09-16T07:14:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}