In a bid-rigging case involving the operation of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has filed a case against six companies, including the largest advertising company, Dentsu Group, and the industry's second-largest company, Hakuhodo. Seven people, including six companies as corporations and the former deputy director of the tournament organizing committee, have been criminally charged with suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act for illegally adjusting orders.

In response to this, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is expected to indict six companies and the former deputy director on the 28th.

Criminal charges have been filed against six companies: Dentsu Group, the largest advertising company, Hakuhodo, the second largest company in the industry, Tokyu Agency, and event production companies Cerespo, Fuji Creative Corporation, and Same Two. .



In addition, a total of seven executives from each company, including Yasuo Mori (56), former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, and Koji Hemi (55), a former executive at Dentsu, have also filed criminal charges.



According to the Fair Trade Commission, six companies such as Dentsu and Deputy Director Morimoto and others conducted fraudulent order adjustments for projects totaling approximately 43.7 billion yen, including bidding for planning work for test competitions for each competition and operation work for the main competition. has been suspected of violating the Antimonopoly Act.



The company that won the bid for the planning work for the test tournament later received orders for the operation of the main tournament of the same competition in the form of a negotiated contract. It was suspected that there was a suspicion that they were collaborating with a view to receiving orders for the work of this competition, which has a large amount of money, and we are proceeding to clarify the actual situation.



According to those involved, there is a suspicion that a group company of advertising giant ADK was also involved in the collusion, but considering that they first voluntarily reported fraud based on the antitrust law's "surcharge exemption system", criminal charges were postponed. It seems that it was taken.



In response, the Special Investigation Department is expected to indict six companies and the former deputy director on the 28th.