FTC searches 9 firms, agency in Shinkansen line bid-rigging probe

The Fair Trade Commission on May 19 searched nine railway construction companies and a government agency over allegations ...
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Japan antitrust watchdog raids firms in Hokkaido Shinkansen bid-rigging probe

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections over alleged bid-rigging for a project to lay tracks for a planned extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line, ...
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Tight labor market puts Hokkaido Shinkansen 2030 goal in doubt

Sapporo – Unexpected construction delays and a tight labor market have made finishing the Hokkaido Shinkansen route to Sapporo by the end of the 2030 fiscal year problematic, although officials ...
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Tunnel collapses at construction site of Hokkaido Shinkansen extension project

The Sasson Tunnel construction site in Otaru, Hokkaido, is filled with soil and debris - Courtesy of the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency HOKKAIDO: At an excavation site of ...