Head of Japan’s Olympic Committee Indicted in France Over Corruption Allegations

Japanese Olympic Comitee President Tsunekazu Takeda in Tokyo on June 13, 2014. Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images

PARIS—The president of Japan’s Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, has been indicted in France on corruption allegations, a judicial source confirmed on Jan. 11.

He was indicted last month by the national financial prosecutor’s office in Paris, the source said.