Cease and Desist Order against Dentsu Group Inc.

株式会社電通グループ (Antimonopoly Act)
Antimonopoly ActJapan Fair Trade CommissionConfirmed entity match26 January 2024
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Action summary

Company
Original: 株式会社電通グループ
Corporate Number: 4010401048922
Entity match
Confirmed entity match95/100Machine extracted
Normalized Japanese name matched to a company profile with Corporate Number
Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an enriched company profile with a Corporate Number.
Governing law
Antimonopoly Act
独占禁止法
Action type
Cease and Desist Order
排除措置命令
Action date
26 January 2024
Issuing authority
Japan Fair Trade Commission
公正取引委員会

Violation

Show original Japanese text

電通グループ、セレスポ、博報堂、東急エージェンシー、フジクリエイティブコーポレーション、セイムトゥー、ADKマーケティング・ソリューションズの7社は、遅くとも平成30年4月2日以降、特定テストイベント・本大会業務について、受注予定者を決定し、受注できるようにする行為を行っていた。

Compliance context

Medium-high

A formal order requiring corrective measures for conduct found by the competition authority.

Competition law covering private monopolization, unreasonable restraint of trade, unfair trade practices, and related conduct.

Review the conduct, affected market, and whether the relationship could expose your organization to competition-law risk.

This context is an operational aid for review workflows, not a credit opinion or legal conclusion.

Evidence pack

Original Japan Fair Trade Commission announcement (Japanese)Archived source snapshot
Extracted at
2026-05-09T12:03:46.46+00:00
Evidence checked
2026-05-09T12:03:46.46+00:00
Archive captured
2026-05-09T12:03:47.167+00:00
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  "limitations": [
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    "English summaries are provided for reference. The original Japanese source is authoritative.",
    "Possible or unresolved entity matches should be manually verified before use in a decision."
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The original Japanese disclosure is the authoritative record. Use possible or unresolved matches only as leads for manual review.

Company info

English name
Dentsu Group Inc. Official
Japanese name
株式会社電通グループ
Corporate Number
4010401048922
Registered address
東京都港区東新橋1丁目8番1号
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About this recordAggregated and translated from public Japanese government disclosures. The English text is for reference only — authoritative content is the linked Japanese source.