FTC searches major contractors over Nagoya bid-rigging case

FTC searches major contractors over Nagoya bid-rigging case

NAGOYA, Japan - Fair Trade Commission investigators walk to the Nagoya branch office of Shimizu Corp. on Jan. 24 to search for evidence of suspected rigging of bids in a subway project ordered by the Nagoya municipal government.

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