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DENTSU

JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Corporate selloffs reflect tough times in Japan amid pandemic
Leading Japanese companies are considering selling off prestigious headquarters in central Tokyo as COVID-19 continues to reshape business operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021
Glitzy high-rise offices lose luster as Japan works from home
Advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. and logistics firm Nippon Express Co. are among those firms now considering selling their Tokyo headquarters.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2020
Ad behemoth faces claims of conflict of interest in Tokyo Olympic campaign
“Adult understanding” investigated as a potential conflict of interest for the Japanese advertising giant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2020
Three arrested in Japan on suspicion of coronavirus relief fraud
The suspects, who all live in Aichi Prefecture, were arrested on suspicion of falsifying documents showing their income had fallen since the beginning of the pandemic.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2020
Japan awards COVID-19 relief work to Deloitte affiliate following Dentsu controversy
The contract for the second round of payouts was awarded to Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory on Aug. 14 for about u00a542.8 billion.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2020
Cushy coronavirus aid contract puts Japan ad giant Dentsu under spotlight
The ad giant has acquired the task of distributing a $20 billion package to help ailing businesses.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Jul 3, 2020
J. League grows audience abroad with English social media channels
The league's English-language efforts have coincided with a push to expand its international broadcasting footprint.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2020
Businessman paid ¥881 million by Tokyo's Olympic bid committee lobbied figure at center of French graft probe
A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed in March due to COVID-19, has said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 28, 2019
French investigators focus on Dentsu partner in sports corruption probe
French authorities investigating corruption in international sports believe a Swiss partner of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. played a "central and essential role" in deals used to embezzle sponsorship money and have asked Switzerland to raid its office and seize evidence, according to a person...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 30, 2019
Woodstock 50th anniversary music festival canceled: lead investor
A planned three-day concert event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival has been canceled, the lead investor in the event said on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2018
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and U.S. venture capital firm tie up to boost sports technology sector
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc. and a U.S.-based venture capital firm plan to launch an accelerator program for technology companies engaged in the sports business around the world.

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