Two former executives of Taisei Corporation and Kajima Corporation, who were accused of collusion in the construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, and two companies as corporations, who had claimed innocence, were found guilty following the first trial by the Tokyo High Court. handed down the verdict.
Defendant Takashi Okawa (72), former managing executive officer of Taisei Corporation and defendant Ichiro Osawa (65), former general manager of Kajima Corporation. was accused of violating the Antimonopoly Act for collusion, such as deciding on a contractor in advance, in the bidding for the construction of a station on the Maglev Chuo Shinkansen.
At the trial, former executives and corporations claimed their innocence, arguing that there was no collusion, saying that ``JR Tokai had decided the contractor in advance.''
In the judgment of the second trial on the 2nd, presiding judge Toshikazu Ishii of the Tokyo High Court said, ``JR Tokai has consistently pursued cost reductions by introducing the principle of competition, and did not decide on a contractor from the beginning. ' and dismissed the defendant's allegations.
On top of that, he said, ``We strongly constrain each company's business activities, such as communicating not only the estimated price but also the breakdown, and coordinating prices at each stage even after the conditions are changed, and seriously harming fair and free competition. Following the first trial,
▽ 2 former executives were sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, suspended for 3 years, and ▽ 2 corporations
were sentenced to a fine
of 250 million yen .
"Obayashi Corporation" and "Shimizu Corporation", which voluntarily reported fraud to the Fair Trade Commission in this case, have been sentenced to fines of 200 million yen and 180 million yen, respectively.