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Guilty Rulings to Be Finalized for Taisei, Kajima over Maglev Bid-Rigging

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed appeals against the guilty rulings of Taisei Corp. and Kajima Corp., as well as former executives of the two major general contractors, in a bid-rigging case involving the Chuo Shinkansen magnetic levitation train line project. On Monday, the five justices on the top court's Third Petty Bench, presided over by Justice Eriko W...

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Ovechkin still backing Putin party in parliamentary vote

Ice hockey legend Alexander Ovechkin has lent Vladimir Putin's party a helping hand in its parliamentary election campaign.

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