ILEA000666937: Police to nab Aneha, 7 others Wed. over defective buildings scam

5.6-magnitude earthquake in Türkiye kills 1, injures 69

STORY: 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Türkiye kills 1, injures 69 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of quake-hit Malatya on Monday 2. various of a building collapsing STORYLINE: One person was killed and 69 others were injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Türkiye on Monday, three weeks after the massive quakes that claimed more than 44,000 lives, the country's disaster agency said. The earthquake's epicenter was located in the Yesilyurt district of Malatya province, which had already been struck by the powerful tremors on Feb. 6. A total of 25 buildings that had previously been damaged by the tremors earlier this month collapsed on Monday, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said. On Feb. 6, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Türkiye's southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 a.m. local time (0117 GMT), followed by a magnitude 6.4 quake a few minutes later in the country's southern province of Gaziant

Building collapse in Egypt's Giza kills 3, injures 4

STORY: Building collapse in Egypt's Giza kills 3, injures 4 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the collapsed building in Giza, Egypt STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and another four wounded after a building collapsed in the Egyptian province of Giza, the Egyptian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The five-storey residential building came down on Tuesday night in Imbaba, a densely populated neighborhood in the southwestern part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area, the ministry said in a statement, adding that five ambulances rushed to the scene and transferred the injured to nearby hospitals. An eyewitness told Xinhua that the collapsed building also destroyed the balconies of neighboring buildings. The police said in a statement that they had evacuated residents in the neighboring buildings over the fear of more collapses, adding that the cause of the tragedy was not immediately clear. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

2 killed, 92 injured after magnitude-7.4 quake strikes northeastern Japan

STORY: 2 killed, 92 injured after magnitude-7.4 quake strikes northeastern Japan DATELINE: March 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. pictures of Japan after the earthquake(courtesy of Kyodo News) STORYLINE: Two people were killed and 92 others injured after a strong earthquake hit northeastern Japan late Wednesday night, police and fire authorities said Thursday. As of 6:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, a total of 92 people were reported injured in seven prefectures including Miyagi and Fukushima, where the quake was registered at magnitude 7.4, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Strong shaking was felt in the country's northeastern and eastern areas, especially in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures where the quake was logged six upper on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven. The temblor occurred at around 11:36 p.m. local time Wednesday with a north latitude of 37.7 and an east longitude of 141.7 and at a depth of 60 km.

Ex-head of bill-collection agency held for fraud

KATO, Japan - Takeyasu Tsuji (C), former chairman of the Nippon Jusei Hoken Kiko bill-collection agency, leaves his house in Kato, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25 for voluntary police questioning. He was later arrested on suspicion of fraud for allegedly swindling about 200 million yen from the company's business partner. (Kyodo)

Kimura gets suspended sentence in quake data fabrication scandal

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court gave a suspended prison term Aug. 10 to Moriyoshi Kimura (file photo), former president of now-bankrupt Kimura Construction Co., which built many earthquake-vulnerable hotels and condominiums in a quake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

Aneha sentenced to 5 years over building data fabrication

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha, the main player in the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal, leaves his house in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 26 for the Tokyo District Court. The court sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of 1.8 million yen. (Kyodo)

Police arrest Huser chief over alleged building fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Police on May 17 arrested Susumu Ojima (in a photo taken on Jan. 17, 2006), president of failed condominium developer Huser Ltd., over an allegation he had sold units in a condominium building in Kanagawa Prefecture although he knew it was built using fabricated earthquake-resistance data. (Kyodo)

Aneha, 7 others sent to prosecutors in building scam probe

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha (C) returns to Tsukiji Police Station in Tokyo on April 27 from the Tokyo District Prosecutors Office. Police sent Aneha and seven others to prosecutors in connection with the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

Aneha, 7 others arrested in building scam probe

KUMAMOTOAJapan, TOKYO - Akira Shinozuka (C), former head of Kimura Construction's Tokyo office, boards a plane at Kumamoto airport on April 26 to head for Tokyo after being arrested in connection with the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

Aneha, other key figures arrested in quake-data faking probe

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha arrives at Tsukiji Police Station in Tokyo on April 26 after being arrested in connection with the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

Police to nab Aneha, 7 others Wed. over defective buildings scam

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