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道路公団元理事ら、逮捕
日本道路公団発注の鋼鉄橋梁工事をめぐる談合事件で東京高検は12日、道路公団の元理事ら5人を不正入札の疑いで逮捕した。
Bridge, highway execs caught in bid-rigging
Prosecutors on July 12 arrested a former board member of Japan Highway Public Corp. and four officials of major bridge builders for alleged bid-rigging on projects ordered by the government-affiliated body.
Arrested were Sozo Kanda, 70, a Japan Highway retiree who served as an adviser to Yokogawa Bridge Corp.; Takashi Yokoyama, 59, also from Yokogawa Bridge; Takashi Tanaka, 54, from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.; Masami Seimiya, 49, from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.; and Kenichi Shimizu, 58, of Kawada Industries Inc.
In the widening bid-rigging scandal involving bridge builders that have been repeatedly warned over anticompetitive practices, 26 firms and eight corporate executives have already been indicted on charges of violating the Antimonopoly Law.
The arrests were the first concerning alleged bid-rigging on projects placed by Japan Highway. Previous cases concerned projects ordered directly by the government.
Investigators suspect the bridge builders fostered cozy ties with highway corporation officials over the years by allowing Japan Highway retirees to land jobs with them, a practice known as "amakudari," or descent from heaven.
The five allegedly conspired to rig bids for bridge construction projects financed by the public corporation in fiscal 2003 and 2004 in violation of the Antimonopoly Law, which bans acts that stifle competition.
All five are believed to have played key roles in deciding which firm would win each bid through two contractor networks, K-kai, a bid-rigging group of 17 major bridge-building firms, and A-kai, which groups 30 smaller bridge builders. (Kyodo)
Shukan ST: July 22, 2005
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- Bridge, highway execs(=executives)
- 橋梁(きょりょう)メーカー、道路公団幹部
- bid-rigging
- 不正入札
- Prosecutors
- 検察官
- arrested
- 逮捕した
- former board member of Japan Highway Public Corp.
- 日本道路公団の元理事
- alleged 〜
- 〜疑惑
- government-affiliated body
- 公団
- retiree
- OB
- widening
- 広がる
- anticompetitive practices
- 反競争的な慣行
- firms
- 企業
- (have)been indicted on charges of 〜
- 〜の罪で起訴されている
- violating
- 違反する
- Antimonopoly Law
- 独占禁止法
- concerning 〜
- 〜にかかわる
- Investigators
- 捜査員
- suspect
- 疑う
- fostered cozy ties with 〜
- 〜との癒着を助長した
- over the years
- 何年にもわたって
- land jobs
- 職に就く
- descent
- 降下
- conspired to 〜
- 〜しようと企てた
- fiscal 〜
- 〜年度
- bans
- 禁止する
- stifle
- 妨げる
- contractor
- 建設業者