successful bidders included dentsu.he suspected collusion surfaced during investigations into a series of alleged bribes involving a former executive of the games' organizing committee. takahashi harayuki is a former dentsu executive. he's been indicted on charges of receiving roughly $1.5 million in bribes from game sponsors and others. >>> as the holiday season gets under way, illuminations are popping up across tokyo. managers of one of these displays made changes for this year to be conscious of safety. nhk world's jonathan oh joins us to tell us more. jonathan? >> reporter: i'm joining you from central tokyo where this location is known for both business and fun. it's also a location for a sight of the holiday season, japan loves illumination. especially as the weather gets colder, feels a bit cooler out here, along with the nights getting long, there are these lights that help brighten up during the long holiday period. here in tokyo midtown, there's one location that's really changed up. and that is talking about

mitsubishi ufj financial group and dentsu group are among some of the companies reporting results.st has made it her mission to tackle gender inequality in japanese politics and finance. joining us now is ray murakami. we know japan doesn't necessarily have the best track record when it comes to gender equality, but finance and politics are two sectors that have been difficult for women to crack into, not only in japan. tell us about the state of things there. >> thank you for having me. i think japan, in comparison to other western developed countries, we do have a very low rate of women participation. especially in politics, we only have 10% of women in the lower house. i felt the need to increase and support women in politics throughout my job. our foundation supports nonprofit organizations working in the field of child poverty, working women, and education. throughout my work, it made me realize a lot of the social issues that we in our nonprofit organization that we support our tackling social issues, but these social issues exist in japan because of the lack of diversity in