Investigators probing alleged bid-rigging involving test events for last year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have raided more targets, including two group companies of major Japanese advertising agencies.

Tokyo prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday searched the offices of ADK Marketing Solutions and Dentsu Live, and other locations.

Investigators have raided the offices of two major ad agencies, Hakuhodo and Tokyu Agency, over alleged bid-rigging involving test events for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

Tokyo prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission also searched two other firms on Monday.

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee is believed to have played an active role in alleged bid-rigging involving the Games' test events.

Sources told NHK that the committee asked major ad agency Dentsu to compile a list of potential bidders for the events.

Authorities have raided Dentsu, one of Japan's major ad agencies, over alleged bid-rigging involving test events for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tokyo prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission searched Dentsu's head office and an event-organizing firm, both in the capital, on Friday.

Sources say the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee may have been involved in alleged bid-rigging over the Games' test events.

They say the committee is suspected of having created in advance a list of advertising agencies and other firms that had previously carried out similar duties for each sports event.

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Public viewing events for next year's Olympics and Paralympics will be scaled back to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to strengthen disinfection and other health measures at venues where people can view sports and experience the Tokyo Games.

NHK has learned that costs of anti-coronavirus measures for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are likely to be almost equally shared by the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government.

The anti-infection measures for the Games are expected to be about 100 billion yen, or around 960 million dollars.

Additional costs for holding next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be shared by three parties, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government shouldering the largest portion.

The Tokyo government, Japan's central government and the Game's organizing committee agreed on the cost sharing plan on Friday.

NHK has learned that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is expected to pay the largest portion of additional costs for next year's Olympics and Paralympics.

The extra spending is due to be shared by the metropolitan government, the central government, and the Games' organizing committee.

Sources close to organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say anti-coronavirus measures for the events are expected to cost about 100 billion yen, or more than 960 million dollars.

The sources say the organizing committee has already concluded additional expenses that will be incurred, due to the Games' postponement, are likely to be about 1.9 billion dollars.

Sources say the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics now estimates that the extra costs related to the Games' postponement will come to about 200 billion yen, or 1.9 billion dollars.

The original cost estimate for the Games was about 13 billion dollars, excluding a reserve fund.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic have announced new schedules for the Games' test events.

The organizing committee for the Games made the announcement on Friday. The games had been rescheduled for next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has inspected venues for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

Bach is now visiting Japan for the first time since the decision was made in March to postpone the Tokyo Games to next year.