Olympic bid rigging case Create a list of contractors from the summer before the bid, update the contents

In a case of collusion over the operation of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Organizing Committee of the Games and Dentsu, a major advertising company, began creating a list of companies that would receive orders from the summer of the year before the bidding, and even after that, until just before the bidding. Interviews with related parties have newly revealed that meetings were held frequently to update the content.

The special investigation unit of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is believed to be investigating whether the organizing committee and Dentsu have been involved in repeated fraudulent order adjustments.

Yasuo Mori, 56, former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee's tournament management department, and Koji Hemi, 55, a former executive at Dentsu who served as managing director of the Sports Business Bureau. The four are suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Act, accusing them of illegally coordinating orders for projects worth a total of 40 billion yen, including bids for planning test competitions for each sport and the operation of the main competition. was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

Deputy Director Morimoto and former executive Hemi are suspected of creating a list of companies that will receive orders based on the performance of each competition, regarding the planning work of the test tournament. Interviews with people involved revealed that the regular meeting to do so had started around July 2017, the year before the bidding.

At first, Deputy Director Morimoto intended to place the order through a negotiated contract to nominate a specific company, but in January 2018, the organizing committee effectively decided to place the order through competitive bidding.

However, there is a suspicion that the organizing committee and Dentsu continued to hold meetings until April, just before the bidding process began, and updated the list each time.

The Special Investigation Department is believed to be investigating the actual situation, assuming that the organizing committee and Dentsu continued to collusion even after the order was placed through bidding.