Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic contract bid-coordination allegations
The Japan Fair Trade Commission accused Hakuhodo, together with other advertising companies, of unfair restraint of trade in connection with predetermined winners for contracts involving test and main events ordered by the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee. A former Hakuhodo DYM sports-business executive was also individually indicted.
2020
Hakuhodo DYM production-order fraud case
Police arrested a former Hakuhodo DYM department head and three others over alleged fictitious orders related to television-commercial production. Investigators said the scheme involved repeated orders and transfers to outside companies. The former department head had been dismissed after an internal investigation and was later convicted.
2012
Tax underreporting investigation
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau reported that Hakuhodo DY Holdings and five subsidiaries had underreported approximately 1 billion yen in taxable income for the two years ending in March 2010. Reported causes included errors in the timing of computer-system expenses and the calculation of dividend income. The companies were assessed additional taxes and penalties, and authorities identified a portion of the timing issue as fraudulent concealment.