Officials from major Japanese advertising firm Dentsu admitted to rigging bids for contracts related to the Tokyo Olympics test events during a voluntary questioning with prosecutors from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office last week.
Japanese prosecutors also searched the offices of Hakuhodo Inc. in November on suspicion of rigging bids for Tokyo Olympics test events.
On Wednesday, prosecutors also charged Hironori Aoki, his brother Takahisa Aoki, and Katsuhisa Ueda — all former executives of investment firm Aoki Holdings — with giving US$28 million yen ($215,000) in bribes to former Tokyo Olympics Committee member Haruyuki Takahashi.
Prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided Dentsu in late November in connection to the ongoing scandal.