Eyeglasses without nose pads win top online shopping award

Eyeglasses without nose pads win top online shopping award

TOKYO, Japan - Eyeglasses without nose pads, made by Japanese optical frame maker Bridge Corp. in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, are shown on Oct. 16, 2014. The novel frames, which use special supporting attachments at the temples instead of nose pads below the bridge, were selected by online shop 47CLUB as the best product with a clever design that impressed consumers.

Firms draw up plans to stay open amid new-flu epidemic

Firms draw up plans to stay open amid new-flu epidemic

TOKYO, Japan - An employee (R) speaks with a consultant (L) about ways to deal with the new-flu epidemic at Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp., a major bridge construction company, in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 7, 2009.

Osaka firm falsifies test reports for expressway material

Osaka firm falsifies test reports for expressway material

YAO, Japan - Shingo Taniyama, president of ST Engineering Corp., speaks at a news conference in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on March 30. Taniyama admitted that his company fabricated test reports in 2005 on a material used to reinforce concrete, and delivered the product to expressway bridge construction sites at 22 locations.

Bridge builders fined 6.4 billion yen for bid rigging

Bridge builders fined 6.4 billion yen for bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to get tickets to enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 10 to hear the ruling on bid rigging by bridge builders. The court ordered 23 bridge builders to pay 6.48 billion yen in penalties for rigging bids in tenders for bridge-construction projects financed by the state and the now-defunct Japan Highway Public Corp.

Japan Highway deputy chief nabbed in bid-rigging scandal

Japan Highway deputy chief nabbed in bid-rigging scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors arrest Michio Uchida (file photo), vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp., on July 25 for allegedly assisting in rigging bids on bridge construction projects ordered by the state-owned highway body

Ex-Japan Highway exec arrested over bid-rigging scandal

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.

Prosecutors raid Japan Highway over bid-rigging

Prosecutors raid Japan Highway over bid-rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office enter the head office of the state-run Japan Highway Public Corp. in Tokyo on June 29 to search it for alleged involvement in bid-riggings for bridge construction projects.

Japan Highway sacks vice president over bid-rigging scandal

Japan Highway sacks vice president over bid-rigging scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Highway Public Corp. Vice President Michio Uchida (file photo) was dismissed on Aug. 22 for alleged involvement in rigging bids for bridge projects. The dismissal followed his indictment on Aug. 15. (Kyodo)

Ex-Japan Highway exec. faces suspended prison term

Ex-Japan Highway exec. faces suspended prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Uchida (C), former vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp., enters the Tokyo High Court on July 4. The court handed Uchida, 63, a 30-month prison term, suspended for four years, for his involvement in rigging bids for highway bridge projects undertaken by the now-defunct government toll road operator. (Kyodo)

Japan Highway deputy chief nabbed in bid-rigging scandal

Japan Highway deputy chief nabbed in bid-rigging scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors arrest Michio Uchida (file photo), vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp., on July 25 for allegedly assisting in rigging bids on bridge construction projects ordered by the state-owned highway body (Kyodo)

Ex-Japan Highway exec arrested over bid-rigging scandal

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. (Kyodo)

Prosecutors raid Japan Highway over bid-rigging

Prosecutors raid Japan Highway over bid-rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office enter the head office of the state-run Japan Highway Public Corp. in Tokyo on June 29 to search it for alleged involvement in bid-riggings for bridge construction projects. (Kyodo)

Osaka firm falsifies test reports for expressway material

Osaka firm falsifies test reports for expressway material

YAO, Japan - Shingo Taniyama, president of ST Engineering Corp., speaks at a news conference in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on March 30. Taniyama admitted that his company fabricated test reports in 2005 on a material used to reinforce concrete, and delivered the product to expressway bridge construction sites at 22 locations. (Kyodo)

Ex-JH vice president pleads not guilty to bid-rigging charges

Ex-JH vice president pleads not guilty to bid-rigging charges

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Uchida, former vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp., enters the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Dec. 16 to attend the first hearing of his trial. Uchida pleaded not guilty to charges relating to his alleged involvement in rigging bids for steel bridge projects undertaken by the now-defunct state-run highway builder-operator. (Kyodo)

Firms draw up plans to stay open amid new-flu epidemic

Firms draw up plans to stay open amid new-flu epidemic

TOKYO, Japan - An employee (R) speaks with a consultant (L) about ways to deal with the new-flu epidemic at Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp., a major bridge construction company, in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 7, 2009. (Kyodo)

Bridge builders fined 6.4 billion yen for bid rigging

Bridge builders fined 6.4 billion yen for bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to get tickets to enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 10 to hear the ruling on bid rigging by bridge builders. The court ordered 23 bridge builders to pay 6.48 billion yen in penalties for rigging bids in tenders for bridge-construction projects financed by the state and the now-defunct Japan Highway Public Corp. (Kyodo)

Eyeglasses without nose pads win top online shopping award

Eyeglasses without nose pads win top online shopping award

TOKYO, Japan - Eyeglasses without nose pads, made by Japanese optical frame maker Bridge Corp. in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, are shown on Oct. 16, 2014. The novel frames, which use special supporting attachments at the temples instead of nose pads below the bridge, were selected by online shop 47CLUB as the best product with a clever design that impressed consumers. (Kyodo)

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S. continue talks on NTT access fee issue

Japan, U.S. continue talks on NTT access fee issue

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher (R) walks to a meeting room at the Japanese Foreign Ministry on March 23 to attend high-level deregulation talks on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s (NTT) access fees. Japan and the United States wrapped up the three-day session later in the day having failed to bridge their differences on the size of planned cuts in interconnection fees NTT charges its competitors. Japan and the United States decided March 22 to extend by one day the talks' original two-day schedule.