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Tatsuya Mizuno
Jan 30, 2018

Book review: A polemicist addresses Dentsu's hold on the Olympics

Having spent almost 20 years at Hakuhodo, Ryu Honma clearly has an axe to grind with Dentsu. But his latest book deserves some attention, if only because it questions what many see as the natural order of things.

Photo: AFP

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