The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Japan Fair Trade Commission jointly conducted a search of the Dentsu head office and other locations in connection with suspicion of collusion over the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions. Several locations have been raided on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, including the headquarters of major advertising company Dentsu and event company Cerespo. According to the people concerned, there is a suspicion that order coordination was conducted to determine the successful bidder in advance in the competitive bidding related to the planning of the test tournament ordered by the organizing committee. The special investigation department also searched the home of a former executive of the organizing committee, who was the deputy director of the “Tournament Management Bureau”. Following the compulsory investigation, Governor Koike of Tokyo said, “It is regrettable.” Governor Koike: “I’m very sorry, I’m telling you to fully cooperate with the investigation.”
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