The liquidation corporation of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee decided to postpone the timing of dissolution, which was scheduled to be around the end of next month, in response to a bid-rigging incident related to the test competition.
Four people, including the former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee's tournament management department and former executives of Dentsu, are involved in projects totaling 40 billion yen, including bids for planning test competitions for each sport and operation of the main tournament. On the 8th, he was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act for illegally adjusting orders to the target.
According to the liquidation corporation of the Organizing Committee, it was originally expected to be dissolved around the end of next month after the liquidation procedures after the Games were completed. In order to cooperate with the investigation, it is said that the timing of the dissolution will be postponed.
However, it has not been decided how long it will be postponed.
A person in charge of the liquidation corporation said, "It is legally possible to dissolve, but we will cooperate fully with investigations and investigations, so we will continue to watch the progress of the bid-rigging case."