組織委元次長、談合認める意向　五輪談合、否定一転―東京地検、詰めの捜査

　東京五輪・パラリンピックのテスト大会計画立案業務を巡る入札談合事件で、大会組織委員会大会運営局の元次長が、東京地検特捜部に対して割り振り表を作成するなどして談合したと認める意向を示していることが２日、関係者への取材で分かった。当初は談合の認識を否定していたが、最近になって電通側が認めたことが影響したとみられる。
　元次長は大会運営局に出向していた電通幹部、電通本社の幹部らと共に談合を主導したとみられている。特捜部は公正取引委員会と連携し、独禁法違反（不当な取引制限）容疑での立件に向けて詰めの捜査を進めている。（2023/02/03-00:39）

A former senior official at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee intends to admit to his role in a bid-rigging scandal over contracts related to test events of the Games in 2021, people familiar with the investigation by public prosecutors said Thursday.
   The former organizing committee official and officials at advertising agency Dentsu Inc. are suspected of playing leading roles in the bid-rigging for contracts for planning and planning assistance services for test events.
   The former official had previously told investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office that he did not think he played a part in any bid-rigging.
   The prosecutors' office and the Fair Trade Commission have been working together to investigate the alleged violation of the antimonopoly law.
   The former organizing committee official and Dentsu officials by around spring 2018 made a list of successful bidders, based on their interest and track records, for each test venue, people familiar with the situation said. The list was used in competitive tenders held between May and August of 2018, these people said.