Ex-Japan Highway exec arrested over bid-rigging scandal

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Sozo Kanda, a former Japan Highway Public Corp. official arrives at the Tokyo Detention House on July 12. Kanda was arrested earlier in the day along with four officials of major bridge builders in Japan for alleged collusion to rig bids on bridge construction projects ordered by the government-affiliated body.

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