TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo prosecutors and the country's fair trade watchdog on Friday searched the head office of ad giant Dentsu and the home of a senior official at the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee over alleged bid rigging for the rights to organize test events for the 2020 games.
In the latest development in a series of scandals surrounding the massive sports event, held in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, searches were conducted on suspicion of unfair restraint of trade. They also covered Tokyo-based event production company Cerespo.
