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.

Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is greeted by heads of four public highway corporations (R) at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after the government and ruling parties endorsed a privatization scheme for the corporations. The scheme calls for privatizing the four highway builders into seven entities in fiscal 2005.

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)

Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is greeted by heads of four public highway corporations (R) at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after the government and ruling parties endorsed a privatization scheme for the corporations. The scheme calls for privatizing the four highway builders into seven entities in fiscal 2005. (Kyodo)