A ruling Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by Takuya Hirai, minister in charge of information technology policy, has received political donations from a company penalized by the transport ministry for bid rigging, political funds reports of the chapter show. The chapter of an electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan
A ruling Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by Takuya Hirai, minister in charge of information technology policy, has received political donations from a company penalized by the transport ministry for bid rigging, political funds reports of the chapter show.
The chapter of an electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, received 120,000 yen from air conditioning system maker Dai-Dan Co, which was barred in 2014 by the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry from tenders for bid rigging over construction work on Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line projects.
Hirai’s office said it will return the money after confirming the company was penalized.
In March 2014, prosecutors indicted Dai-Dan for bid rigging over projects to install a snow-melting system along the train tracks, and the ministry barred the company from tenders for six months.
