Olympic test grand meeting incident Former deputy director of the organizing committee turns around and admits involvement

In a case of bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics test competitions, the former deputy director of the Organizing Committee of the Games responded to a voluntary investigation by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department and admitted to being involved in the bid-rigging. I thought that I would participate in the bidding based on this intention,” said an interview with the person concerned.

The Special Investigation Unit is believed to be investigating the former deputy director's role in coordinating orders with the staff of advertising giant Dentsu.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is suspected of collusion between multiple companies, including Dentsu, in the form of the Organizing Committee's involvement in bidding for work related to test competitions for each sport ordered by the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Special Investigation Department and the Japan Fair Trade Commission are conducting an investigation on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act.

According to sources, the alleged collusion occurred in 26 bids held in 2018 to select contractors to plan test events, and the organizing committee was unable to track orders received for each sport. We asked Dentsu to conduct a survey and created a list of companies that were scheduled to participate in the bidding.

The former deputy director of the Organizing Committee, who was in charge of running the tournament and is said to have been in charge of coordinating orders, had previously denied any wrongdoing in response to a voluntary investigation by the Special Investigation Department, but suddenly turned to accusing him of involvement in bid-rigging. Acknowledgment It was newly found that the contractor stated, "In the exchange, I understood our intentions and thought that I would participate in the bidding based on that."

In this case, it is known that multiple Dentsu personnel who initially denied wrongdoing began to make statements admitting collusion in response to arbitrary investigations.

The company that won a series of bids later received orders for the operation of the tournament, which totaled about 40 billion yen, in the form of a negotiated contract. It seems that the investigation is proceeding, assuming that he was leading the illegal order adjustment in the field of view.