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The president of Dentsu Group Inc. has admitted to prosecutors the Japanese ad giant's involvement in rigging bids over the Tokyo Olympics, sources close to the matter say, as a corruption scandal engulfing the global sports event widened.
Dentsu, Japan's largest advertising agency group, has been suspended from government contract bidding by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Osaka Prefecture, according to a report from The Drum. Similar actions have been taken by The Japan Association for the 2025…
The Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging saga tainting ad giants Dentsu, Hakuhodo, ADK and others in Japan has resulted in four fresh arrests
The arrests come after months of investigations into alleged corruption in the planning and sponsorship of the international sporting event.
TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors arrested on Wednesday (Feb 8) a former Tokyo Olympics organising committee official and executives at three advertising agencies on suspected bid-rigging of test events for the Games, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said. The arrests come after months of investigations into alleged corruption in the planning and sponsorship of the international sporting event that was...