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Dentsu Group president accepts culpability in Games bid rigging - NHK

The president of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group has acknowledged corporate responsibility for suspected big rigging on contracts for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, NHK reported on Saturday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2023

Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt

A trial looking into bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Bid-rigging suspect 'revealed bids to superior'

Yasuo Mori, former deputy executive director of the Tokyo Games organizing committee's Operations Bureau, showed a superior a list of prospective bids for pre-Games events around spring 2018 and changed the bidding format at his superior's behest, sources have said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 13, 2023

Email hints Games committee was involved in bid-rigging

The investigation of suspected bid-rigging for contracts to plan test events for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has found that the organizing committee sent an email to Dentsu Inc. prior to bidding with a list of bidders and a note stating, "We have agreed on them."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 13, 2022

Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal threatens to derail Winter Games bid

Japanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 event

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Dentsu allegedly took lead in bid-rigging for Tokyo Games events, emails suggest

In the case of suspected bid-rigging for contracts to plan test events for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, major advertising company Dentsu Inc. allegedly asked other bidders in advance not to participate in bidding except for the venues for which they wished to win the bid, The Yomiuri Shimbun has…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 30, 2022

Japanese prosecutors raid ad agencies in Tokyo Olympics probe

Local media say raids are related to alleged bid-rigging for Tokyo Olympics test events.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2022

Tokyo Games organizing committee, Dentsu suspected of leading bid-rigging and allegedly shared 'wish list' of test event applicants

The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Games is suspected of sharing with advertising giant Dentsu Inc. a "wish list" of potential bidders to handle test events for the Games, it has been learned. The committee and Dentsu are alleged to have colluded to lead the bid-rigging.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 26, 2022

Prosecutors raid Dentsu over alleged bid-rigging related to Tokyo Games

Prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission searched the head office of major advertising company Dentsu Inc. in Minato Ward, Tokyo, and other locations on suspicion of violation of the Antimonopoly Law on Friday in connection with alleged bid-rigging involving test events for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 25, 2022

Japan investigators raid Dentsu in widening Olympic probe

Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of advertising company Dentsu as the investigation into corruption related to the Tokyo Olympics widened. Dentsu helped land the 2020 Games for Tokyo.

WEKU · Nov 25, 2022