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JR Central, five consulting firms sanctioned in Japan for bid-rigging

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( December 19, 2025, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s antitrust enforcer ordered Central Japan Railway and five consulting firms to halt bid rigging in railway overbridge inspections, fining the consultancies a combined 102 million yen ($660,000). The case marks the first time a Japan Railway company has been sanctioned under the Antimonopoly Act for collusion tied to infrastructure inspections.Central Japan Railway and five construction consulting firms were issued cease-and-desist orders by Japan's antitrust regulator on Friday for rigging bids in bridge-inspection projects, with the consultancies fined a total of 102 million yen ($660,000)....

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