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Dentsu officials admit to Tokyo Olympic test event bid rigging

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Dentsu involved with bid-rigging and corruption....and in other news the sky was blue today, and the grass was green.

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Bach is the dirtiest of all the scoundrels…

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Back in 2014, Dentsu had 2-3 floors of their office block dedicated to the Olympics, a few years before the events in this article. The were very well prepared and well briefed.

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Mr Bach will be furious.

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Maybe with COVID, they were just trying to be efficient, so nobody lost huge sums of money.

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Perhaps a we will make sure the process isn't rigged next Olympics is in order.

Doubtful though.

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Its the ol takahashi fall guy routine. Out of all 2000 letters in this "tear jerker"

ONLY non-nameless is this short straw guy. Hope he kept his Rainy day stash safe for all his trouble.

Reading this is like a list of urges, join hands and will considers.. Whose writing this?

Several officials ?? Nameless Faceless

bid rigging contracts??? Nameless

related to test events??? Nameless

a source familiar with the matter say ??? Nameless Faceless

Try it like this :

A said to B san, We got Looters gone wild.Olympic bid rigs looting, they came clean!

OMG?? Who?

Sorry hombre´ Sin Cara Sin Nombre Sin Número

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Looking forward to see those Dentsu tops faces once that 50万円 fine hits them, definitely not gonna do that again.

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The Olympics are over, so no problem

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Why is the statue of Liberty, displayed in Japan

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They should put that statue where it belongs - on top of a love hotel.

I’m fine with that. I’ll just avoid that place.

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So! The true finally comes out!

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I'm sure they'll be justly punished... errr... rewarded.

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the only thing that's dreadful about that view of Tokyo is the fake Statue of Liberty and ...

They should put that statue where it belongs - on top of a love hotel.

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They were big rigging and didn't even know it because it how big business is done in Japan.

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Another gold medal to Dentsu in the category of All-Round Dodginess.

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@tamanegi, the only thing that's dreadful about that view of Tokyo is the fake Statue of Liberty and the Olympic rings on that old scow.

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Worst - and most corrupt - Olympics since 1936.

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That's a dreadful view of Tokyo.

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They should chase these guys in the same manner and vigor they went after Ghosn.

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Finally things are getting interesting, not likely that the top officials of Dentsu will be caught but at least the company is apparently being investigated seriously.

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I doubt anyone in Dentsu was illegally held for 3 weeks without telling anyone of their detainment! They must have played the name game (Tell me an executive or LDP member you know!). Eventually a fall guy will be selected, and they will get a "golden parachute" for a deep bowing, retiring, and taking one for the team.

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Say it out loud.

Nothing will happen to Dentsu ever!

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Considering the fact that the Japanese government is an unofficial subsidiary of Dentsu, nothing could ever happen to Dentsu executives.

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Dentsu is a criminal organisation which can continue to commit its crimes of corruption, embezzlement and theft unpunished. It has been doing so for decades. I have moved my sports marketing company after 7 years out of Japan as my investors, staff and myself did not find a level or fair working platform. Even though we were a continuously profitable company I would not stand by anymore seeing federations and companies continue to hire Dentsu in return for kick backs. They were and are fully lined up again and hired for this years swimming WC in Fukuoka, for the 2025 WC Athletics by JAAF, by the Asian Games Nagoya 2026 and of course the Sapporo bid committee. Disgraceful. For all concerned

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I’m sure that with it being a local corruption case, we can get a few bows in, send none of the big boys to jail, have something else come into play as a distraction, and mission accomplished.

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