Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

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.

Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Diet

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.

Gov't inspects authorized checker in building data scandal

Gov't inspects authorized checker in building data scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport enter a building of eHomes Inc. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 24 to conduct on-site inspections. eHomes was entrusted by the government with checking building plans submitted by an architect who has admitted to falsifying quake-resistance data.

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

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)

Architect Aneha fails to appear before Diet panel

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)

Developers, inspectors deny quake data scandal involvement at Di

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)

Gov't inspects authorized checker in building data scandal

Gov't inspects authorized checker in building data scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport enter a building of eHomes Inc. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 24 to conduct on-site inspections. eHomes was entrusted by the government with checking building plans submitted by an architect who has admitted to falsifying quake-resistance data. (Kyodo)

Chief of defunct building inspector gets suspended term

Chief of defunct building inspector gets suspended term

TOKYO, Japan - Togo Fujita, president of the now-defunct building inspection agency eHomes Inc., enters the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 18. The court sentenced him to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for falsifying the company's financial statements to acquire a license from the land ministry. (Kyodo)

Chief of defunct building inspector gets suspended term

Chief of defunct building inspector gets suspended term

TOKYO, Japan - Togo Fujita, president of the now-defunct building inspection agency eHomes Inc., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 18 after the Tokyo District Court sentenced him to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for falsifying the company's financial statements to acquire a license from the land ministry. (Kyodo)