JAPAN
<strong>Olympic sponsors weigh ties</strong>
Corporate sponsors of the Tokyo Olympic Games have hired consulting firms to advise them on whether to push ahead with Olympic-themed marketing plans or limit their association with an event that could damage their brands, the Financial Times reported. The consultants include Kantar Group from the UK and two Japan-based firms, Macromill Inc and Intage Holdings, it said, citing unidentified people. More than 60 Japanese firms, such as Toyota Motor Corp and beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings Ltd, have together paid more than US$3 billion to sponsor the Games. CHINA
<strong>Data security law passed</strong>
Beijing yesterday passed a data