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Takaaki Omi of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee (AINAGOC) speaks to reporters on Tuesday in Nagoya.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2026
Asian Games off to chaotic start as doubts grow over 91AV原创 ability to host
Problems from playing the wrong national anthem to accommodation issues have cast a cloud over the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Tokyo-based company Same Two has been fined ?150 million for bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2026
Ex-event firm chief guilty over Tokyo Games bid-rigging
All six companies charged over Tokyo Games bid-rigging were found guilty at the Tokyo District Court.
Itochu will launch a ?215.2 billion tender offer to take Dentsu Soken private, ending its parent-subsidiary listing structure with Dentsu Group.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2026
Itochu set to take Dentsu Soken private in $1.3 billion deal
Itochu will acquire almost 75 million Dentsu Soken shares at ?2,880 each, valuing the deal at roughly ?215.2 billion.
Cabbages from Tsumagoi in Gunma Prefecture, sold based on supply forecasts using satellite data, are displayed on Monday in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2026
Satellite data used to boost cabbage sales in Japan
The initiative will use satellite data on cabbage color and size to forecast shipment volumes eight weeks in advance.
OpenAI will collaborate with Japanese marketing company Dentsu Digital and other partners to provide advertisements in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2026
OpenAI to introduce ads to ChatGPT in Japan
The ads will appear on the free version and the Go plan, priced at ?1,400 per month, but will not be shown to users under 18 or who subscribe to higher-priced tiers.
Seven-Eleven Japan President Tomohiro Akutsu (center) and others announce the establishment of a new company focusing on digital advertising, in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2026
Seven-Eleven Japan ties up with ad firms for digital signage business
Seven-Eleven Ad Connect, a joint venture with Dentsu Group Inc. and CyberAgent Inc., will distribute ads to digital signage in Seven-Eleven Japan stores based on purchase data.
Total spending on advertisements in Japan hit a fourth straight record in 2025, with online ads surpassing 50% for the first time, a Dentsu survey showed.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2026
Online ads top 50% of annual ad spending in Japan for first time
Spending on TV, newspaper, magazine and radio ads in 2025 dipped 1.6% to ?2,298 billion, down for the first time in two years.
Yukimi Takahashi, the mother of Matsuri Takahashi, who died as a result of overwork, speaks to reporters in front of her daughter's portrait in Tokyo on Dec. 5.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2025
Mother in Dentsu suicide case opposes any easing of labor laws
The mother has spearheaded efforts to prevent karōshi, including through speaking engagements at schools and labor unions.
Dentsu Group has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay a fine of ?300 million over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2025
Fines for Dentsu Group over Tokyo Games bid-rigging finalized
A court also backed lower court rulings that sentenced Koji Henmi, formerly of the sports department of Dentsu, a subsidiary of the group, to a suspended two-year prison term.
The Dentsu Group headquarters building in Tokyo. The company now expects to incur an operating loss of ?3.5 billion this year, compared with a previous forecast of ?66 billion in operating profit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2025
Dentsu plans to cut overseas workforce by about 3,400 to trim costs
The advertising agency expects to incur an operating loss of ?3.5 billion this year, compared with a previous forecast of ?66 billion in operating profit.
A Tokyo court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering Dentsu to pay a fine for rigging Olympic-related bids.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2025
Tokyo court upholds fine of ?300 million for Dentsu in Olympic bid-rigging case
The high court also upheld a ruling that sentenced the former assistant head of the sports department of Dentsu to two years in prison, suspended for four years.
Antimonopoly trials against Dentsu Group and five other firms as well as their officials involved are underway.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2025
FTC fines Dentsu Group and others ?3.3 billion
The FTC also found an antimonopoly law violation by ADK Marketing Solutions but refrained from imposing a fine on the firm.
WhatsApp interactions involving 11 industry executives from ad agencies operating in India form part of a confidential dossier compiled by India's antitrust watchdog that chronicles how global advertising companies coordinated to rig prices in the world's most populous nation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2025
Dossier of WhatsApp chats shows how ad agencies aligned to fix prices in India
Firms agreed to cooperate on pricing, including not to undercut each other, colluded to deny business to agencies that didn’t comply, and discussed financial terms.
Tuna Scope assessing the quality of yellowfin tuna meat in Okinawa Prefecture in August 2022
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2025
Dentsu to promote tuna-grading AI tech overseas
Dentsu hopes that countries with tuna fishing industries will adopt the technology, called Tuna Scope, which has been put into practical use in Japan only recently.
Dentsu's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2025
Watchdog finds Dentsu and other Japanese firms reluctant to accept price hikes
Dentsu, Nippon Express and Kohnan Shoji have kept their transaction prices with their partners unchanged without consultation despite rising raw materials costs.
The Dentsu Group's headquarters building (center) in Tokyo. Tokyo District Court ordered Dentsu Group to pay ?300 million in fines on Thursday as sought by prosecutors over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2025
Dentsu Group ordered to pay ?300 million over Tokyo Games bid-rigging
The Tokyo District Court also sentenced the former assistant head of the sports department of core subsidiary Dentsu to two years in prison suspended for four years.
Visitors take pictures of Tokyo's National Stadium before the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Aug. 8, 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2024
?300 million fine sought for Dentsu over Olympics bid rigging
The Tokyo District Court is slated to issue a ruling on Jan. 30 next year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2023
Dentsu to continue Olympics-related business despite indictment
Dentsu and others were indicted last month over allegedly rigging bids for contracts related to Tokyo Games venue management.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 6, 2023
Osaka’s exclusion of Dentsu and Hakuhodo expected to impact 2025 Expo
The two companies have been excluded from the event following their indictment over Tokyo Games bid-rigging, but not many ad firms in Japan boast their level of experience.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2023
Ad giant Dentsu acknowledges culpability in Tokyo Games bid-rigging, report says
Dentsu President Hiroshi Igarashi made the comments during questioning by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office, NHK said Saturday, citing a source it did not name.

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