Vice Mayor of Fujioka Arrested in Bid-Rigging Scandal

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".

By AI of ""Isesaki FM"".

On the 13th, the deputy mayor of Fujioka City, Tsukamoto Hideo, 57, was arrested in connection with a government-sponsored bid-rigging case that came to light in the city. The case concerns the leaking of the undisclosed minimum bid price to Kosaka Yuichiro, 70, president of the local construction company ""Tano Sangyo,"" which won the bid for a renovation of an elementary school gymnasium ordered by the city last year. According to an interview with a related person, before his arrest, Deputy Mayor Tsukamoto said, ""I was asked to tell him the minimum bid price."" According to the city, President Kosaka was the chairman of the local chamber of commerce and industry, and also served as chairman of a city committee for the 70th anniversary of the city's administration and other events."