INSIGHT-Japan awarded more than 100 contracts over 10 years to Dentsu-linked non-profit groups Reuters 12/30/2020 By Ju-min Park, Sakura Murakami, Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski Popular Searches TOKYO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The Japanese government has awarded more than 100 contracts over the last decade to two non-profit groups set up by Dentsu Inc, according to a Reuters analysis of government data, in arrangements that some opposition lawmakers say obscured the role of the advertising giant in winning public funds. The contracts, which ranged from administering tourism-promotion projects to distributing coronavirus relief funds, were worth at least $1.6 billion, according to public disclosures by government ministries and data provided by those ministries to Japan’s parliament, seen by Reuters, which has not previously been reported.