The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office and other special investigation departments have begun searching the houses of group companies of advertising giant ADK Holdings in connection with the bid-rigging case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. On the 29th, the Special Investigation Department and the Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted house searches on ADK Marketing Solutions, a group company of ADK Holdings, and Dentsu Live, a group company of Dentsu. According to the person concerned, there is a suspicion that the bidding schedule for each venue was decided in advance in the bidding for the test competition. It is believed that the tournament organizing committee created a “list” that reflected the achievements and intentions of each vendor for each competition before bidding, and shared it with the vendors by email. The results of the bidding were almost as shown in the table, and the test competition and the main competition were effectively “one order”. In addition to Dentsu and Hakuhodo, whose homes have been raided so far, eight companies are suspected of being involved in bid rigging. The “ADK” side voluntarily reported violations to the Fair Trade Commission using a system that exempted or exempted surcharges.
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