Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging scandal widens

A scandal over bid-rigging for contracts related to last year's Tokyo Olympics and paralympics test events widened Tuesday as prosecutors and antitrust officials raided two more firms in connection with the case.

Advertising agency ADK Marketing Solutions and production company Dentsu Live, a unit under the ad giant Dentsu Group, were jointly searched by investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Fair Trade Commission on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law.

Eight of the nine winning firms for bids suspected to have been rigged have been raided by authorities, including ADK and Dentsu Live. The core unit of Dentsu Group, and event company Cerespo, was searched on Friday. Ad agencies Hakuhodo and Tokyu Agency and event companies Same Two and Fuji Creative were raided on Monday.

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