The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday decided to sue six companies, including the country’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu, for allegedly rigging advertisements for the test events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Japanese tax authorities understand that the companies, including the second largest national advertising agency Hakuhodo or event organization Cerespo, have joined forces with Yasuo Mori, deputy CEO of Tokyo 2020, to handle pilot grants.
A total of six companies and seven individuals, including Mori, will be brought to court for this particular property.
It is believed that these companies negotiated the concessions in advance to determine the winners of the bids to host the test events of Japan’s last Olympic event, in violation of the country’s antitrust laws.
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The test events of the Olympic Games. Tokyo 2020 took place between 2018 and 2021 ahead of the postponed international competition and was designed to give organizers and sports federations a chance to test the events.
The irregularities are said to have affected events worth more than 40 billion yen (about US$280 million) in total, both for the aforementioned sports tests and other contracts awarded to these companies in connection with the games, according to details published by the Japanese network NHK.
If the allegations are confirmed, “it would be very regrettable and, in my opinion, negatively affect the image of the Olympic Games and the sport in general,” a Japanese government spokesman said on Tuesday. Hirokazu Matsuno about the new lawsuit.
matsuno announced that the national sports office is conducting a study on the direction of the organization of international competitions and will publish its conclusions in March.
This is the latest legal action being investigated into alleged irregularities and bribery surrounding the sporting event to be held in the Japanese capital in the summer of 2021, which would have affected not only these competitions, but also the award of sponsorships for the games.
The general investigation began after the receipt of alleged bribes by one of the members of the organizing committee, Haruyuki Takahashie, was found, and spread to major companies such as Dentsu, Kadokawa Publishing House and the Aoki clothing chain.
Several of those involved in the conspiracy, including Dentsu, admitted to the charges during cross-examination.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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