Table tennis player Niwa Koki's sponsor continues contract; despite fine for online gambling, "pledges never to gamble again"

First, a company that supports former Japanese national table tennis player Niwa Koki, who was summarily indicted on gambling charges for betting on an overseas online casino site and received a summary order from the Chiba Summary Court to pay a 100,000 yen fine, said on the 25th, "By continuing to play as a player affiliated with our company, we hope to be able to maintain his status as a player and as a member of society..."