Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly-appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Sept. 25. He admitted that a local branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Yamaguchi Prefecture, headed by him, received some 4.1 million yen in donations from seven corporations, including those involved in bid-riggings over a three-year period through 2006.

4 employees of major contractors held over alleged subway bid rigging

4 employees of major contractors held over alleged subway bid rigging

NAGOYA, Japan - A construction site of the Nagoya subway system in the city's Midori Ward. Four employees of major general contractors were arrested Feb. 28 on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law with a series of bid riggings last year for five projects to extend a city-run subway line in Nagoya.

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.

4 employees of major contractors held over alleged subway bid ri

4 employees of major contractors held over alleged subway bid ri

NAGOYA, Japan - A construction site of the Nagoya subway system in the city's Midori Ward. Four employees of major general contractors were arrested Feb. 28 on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law with a series of bid riggings last year for five projects to extend a city-run subway line in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly-appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Sept. 25. He admitted that a local branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Yamaguchi Prefecture, headed by him, received some 4.1 million yen in donations from seven corporations, including those involved in bid-riggings over a three-year period through 2006. (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)