[Olympic bid-rigging]Most bids for test competitions are “single bids” (November 28, 2022)

On the 25th, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted a house search of Dentsu, an advertising company. Subsequent interviews with related parties revealed that most of the 26 bids conducted for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions were “single bids,” with only one company participating. Before bidding, the organizing committee had created a list that reflected the achievements and intentions of each company for each competition, and the results were almost exactly the same. Also, within the Organizing Committee, there was a shared understanding that the company that had received the order for the test tournament would also be responsible for the operation of the main tournament, and it seems that the order was in fact a unified order. (From “Good! Morning” broadcast on November 28, 2022)
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