Prosecutors on Feb. 28 handed out a spate of indictments after the Fair Trade Commission issued criminal complaints earlier the same day against Japan’s two largest advertising agencies for rigging bids for Tokyo Olympic pre-events.
Japanese prosecutors and a fair trade watchdog on Monday searched offices including the headquarters of major advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc on suspicion of rigging bids for contracts related to test events for last year's Tokyo Olympics, just days after raiding another ad giant over the case. The latest searches, also…