Senior land ministry official nabbed for suspected bid rigging

Senior land ministry official nabbed for suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mamoru Shinagawa, 58, head of the Hokkaido Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry. Shinaga is suspected of playing a leading role in collusion to award a contract for the public works project to a specific contractor between 2005 and 2007, prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

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