TOKYO: Japanese ministries said on Wednesday (Feb 15) that advertising giant Dentsu Inc and two other companies linked to a Tokyo 2020 Olympics corruption scandal will be unable to take part in bids for contracts for nine months. Prosecutors last week arrested an ex-Tokyo Olympic official and executives at
TOKYO: Japanese ministries said on Wednesday that advertising giant Dentsu Inc and two other companies linked to a Tokyo 2020 Olympics corruption scandal will be unable to take part in bids for contracts for nine months.
The arrests came after months of investigations into suspected corruption in the planning and sponsorship of the Games, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Media had reported on Tuesday that the companies would not be allowed to participate in projects from the Cabinet office and various ministries for nine months."We will respond appropriately in accordance with the decision," it said.
In August, Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board and before that a Dentsu executive, was arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes from Olympic sponsors.
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