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Police probing deaths of 7 elderly patients in Toyama

IMIZU, Japan - Hidetsugu Asanoi, head of the Imizu City Hospital in Toyama Prefecture, speaks at a press conference on March 25 after police began investigating the deaths of seven cancer patients from 2000 to 2005 at the hospital as cases of possible murder. The patients died after the hospital's surgery department head removed their respirators, the city government and the police said. Asanoi quoted the 50-year-old surgeon as saying he had removed respirators of the seven in their 50s to 90s with consent from their families but without consent from the patients themselves.

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Police raid Aneha's office, other places over building scandal

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of the home office of former architect Hidetsugu Aneha in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as police investigators begin searching it in connection with a quake-resistance data fabrication scandal.

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Kimura, Shinozuka testify in Diet over false quake-resistance data

TOKYO, Japan - Moriyoshi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Construction Co., and Akira Shinozuka (L), a former head of the company's Tokyo branch, are summoned to a Diet committee on Dec. 14. The company was involved in the construction of buildings designed by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha.

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Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Watanabe (L), head of a construction design office, Togo Fujita (C), president of eHomes Inc., and Takahide Suzuki, president of Japan ERI Co., attend a meeting of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Dec. 7 to speak as unsworn witnesses in connection with a scandal over architect Hidetsugu Aneha's falsification of quake-resistance data for condominiums and hotels.

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Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Ojima, president of building developer Huser Ltd., one of six key persons linked to widening revelations of earthquake-related building code fabrication, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee as an unsown witness on Nov. 29. All the six denied they were aware of the alleged wrongdoing by architect Hidetsugu Aneha, who is at the center of the scandal.

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Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Togo Fujita, president of code inspection company eHomes Inc., one of six key persons linked to widening revelations of earthquake-related building code fabrication, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee as an unsown witness on Nov. 29. All the six denied they were aware of the alleged wrongdoing by architect Hidetsugu Aneha, who is at the center of the scandal.

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Aneha testifies over quake-resistance data falsification

TOKYO, Japan - Disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha testifies under oath before a Diet committee Dec. 14 about his involvement in falsifying quake-resistance data. (Kyodo)

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Kimura, Shinozuka testify in Diet over false quake-resistance da

TOKYO, Japan - Moriyoshi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Construction Co., and Akira Shinozuka (L), a former head of the company's Tokyo branch, are summoned to a Diet committee on Dec. 14. The company was involved in the construction of buildings designed by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED)Aneha, other key figures arrested in quake-data fakin

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

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Aneha testifies over quake-resistance data falsification

TOKYO, Japan - Disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha signs an oath at a Diet committee Dec. 14 before testifying about his involvement in falsifying quake-resistance data. (Kyodo)

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Aneha to testify on building scandal at Diet as sworn witness

TOKYO, Japan - Architect Hidetsugu Aneha (file photo) intends to appear before a Diet committee next week as a sworn witness about his involvement in a quake-resistance data falsification scandal, parliamentary sources said Dec. 9. Aneha twice declined to appear as an unsworn witness, citing health-related reasons. (Kyodo)

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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)

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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)

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

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha (C) arrives at Tsukiji Police Station in Tokyo on April 25 after being arrested in connection with the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

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

TOKYO, Japan - Police are set to arrest disqualified structural engineer Hidetsugu Aneha (far left), Kimura Construction Co. President Moriyoshi Kimura (C), building inspection agency eHomes Inc. President Togo Fujita (far right) and five others on April 26 who were embroiled in the quake-resistance data fabrication scandal centering on Aneha on suspicion of violations of various building business-related laws, police sources said April 25. (Kyodo)

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Aneha questioned over fabricated quake-resistance data

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha (2nd from L wearing a cap) is seen in Tokyo on April 19 after police questioning in connection with a scandal involving fabricated earthquake-resistance data for condominiums and budget hotels. (Kyodo)

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Police probing deaths of 7 elderly patients in Toyama

IMIZU, Japan - Hidetsugu Asanoi, head of the Imizu City Hospital in Toyama Prefecture, speaks at a press conference on March 25 after police began investigating the deaths of seven cancer patients from 2000 to 2005 at the hospital as cases of possible murder. The patients died after the hospital's surgery department head removed their respirators, the city government and the police said. Asanoi quoted the 50-year-old surgeon as saying he had removed respirators of the seven in their 50s to 90s with consent from their families but without consent from the patients themselves. (Kyodo)

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Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Watanabe (L), head of a construction design office, Togo Fujita (C), president of eHomes Inc., and Takahide Suzuki, president of Japan ERI Co., attend a meeting of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Dec. 7 to speak as unsworn witnesses in connection with a scandal over architect Hidetsugu Aneha's falsification of quake-resistance data for condominiums and hotels. (Kyodo)

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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)

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Police raid Aneha's office, other places over building scandal

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Former architect Hidetsugu Aneha (R) enters his home office in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 20 with police investigators as the police begin searching 117 locations in connection with a quake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Aneha's office, other places over building scandal

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of the home office of former architect Hidetsugu Aneha in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as police investigators begin searching it in connection with a quake-resistance data fabrication scandal. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds 5-yr sentence for ex-architect Aneha

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha (C) leaves the lawyers' hall in Tokyo on Nov. 7 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling against him that sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of 1.8 million yen for fabricating buildings' earthquake-resistance data and committing perjury. (Kyodo)

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Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Di

TOKYO, Japan - Togo Fujita, president of code inspection company eHomes Inc., one of six key persons linked to widening revelations of earthquake-related building code fabrication, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee as an unsown witness on Nov. 29. All the six denied they were aware of the alleged wrongdoing by architect Hidetsugu Aneha, who is at the center of the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Di

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Ojima, president of building developer Huser Ltd., one of six key persons linked to widening revelations of earthquake-related building code fabrication, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee as an unsown witness on Nov. 29. All the six denied they were aware of the alleged wrongdoing by architect Hidetsugu Aneha, who is at the center of the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Gov't questions architect for falsifying quake-resistance data

TOKYO, Japan - Architect Hidetsugu Aneha (R) enters the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Nov. 24 for questioning over his falsifying of quake-resistance data in connection with at least 21 buildings that could collapse in the event of a strong earthquake. (Kyodo)

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New BOJ operations department head

File photo shows Hidetsugu Chida, the new director general of the Bank of Japan operations department who assumed the post on May 11, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo