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Defense unit scandal to be dissolved

Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga said Feb. 1 his agency will disband the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, which is at the center of a bid-rigging scandal involving, in part, the installation of air-conditioning systems.

Nukaga, however, denied he will resign as Defense Agency chief to take the blame for the scandal. The agency falls under his jurisdiction.

"My responsibility is to make a fresh start" by disbanding the entity, he later told the House of Councilors Budget Committee.

On Jan. 30, prosecutors arrested Takayoshi Kawano, who served in the third-highest post at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency as technical councilor; Kawano's predecessor, Mamoru Ikezawa, current president of the Defense Facilities Technology Foundation, a Defense Agency-affiliated public organization; and Takashige Matsuda, an official at the agency's general affairs department.

The three are suspected of playing leading roles in rigging bids for air-conditioning projects awarded to ventures led by Taikisha Ltd., Shinryo Corp., and Sanki Engineering Co., between November 2004 and last March. (Kyodo)

Shukan ST: Feb. 10, 2006

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National News Defense unit scandal to be dissolved Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga said Feb. 1 his agency will disband the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, which is at the center of a bid-rigging scandal involving, in part, the installation of air-conditioning systems. Nukaga, however, denied he will resign as Defense Agency chief to take the blame for the scandal. The agency falls under his jurisdiction. "My responsibility is to make a fresh start" by disbanding the entity, he later told the House of Councilors Budget Committee. On Jan. 30, prosecutors arrested Takayoshi Kawano, who served in the third-highest post at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency as technical councilor; Kawano's predecessor, Mamoru Ikezawa, current president of the Defense Facilities Technology Foundation, a Defense Agency-affiliated public organization; and Takashige Matsuda, an official at the agency's general affairs department. The three are suspected of playing leading roles in rigging bids for air-conditioning projects awarded to ventures led by Taikisha Ltd., Shinryo Corp., and Sanki Engineering Co., between November 2004 and last March. (Kyodo) Shukan ST: Feb. 10, 2006 (C) All rights reserved