In the case of suspected bid-rigging for contracts to plan test events for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, major advertising company Dentsu Inc. allegedly asked other bidders in advance not to participate in bidding except for the venues for which they wished to win the bid, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office obtained emails suggesting that prior to bidding Dentsu had made such requests to companies that subsequently won bids. The squad considered this to be one piece of evidence indicating that Dentsu and the Tokyo Games organizing committee took the lead in coordinating the bids.
