City mayor, others in Saitama arrested over project cost leak

I mean. The procurement office gets all the quotes and someone from that office steals the lowest priced quote and gives it to another company that will offer a lower price than everybody else. In the end the project becomes cheaper but its a scam for the companies that lost the contract

the person with the leak always bids lower than the lowest bidder

if that was the case. the person with the "leak" would fail to make a bid

This happens everywhere with most proyects worldwide.I’ve been to proyects in many countries and that happens alot. Because of that proyects become cheaper because the person with the leak always bids lower than the lowest bidder

I've seen enough of The Sopranos to know how cutthroat the waste disposal business is!

Two time losers.  couldn't win the contract and then got caught receiving privileged info.  no wonder this country is going to the dogs - even the old bribery and corruption skills are dying out.

 A total of six firms participated in the bidding session held in January but the company in question did not win the contract.

It's kind of amazing that even with that inside information, they weren't able to win the contract. They should have known exactly how much to bid to be the most competitive.

Rare case, business as usual.

This is how Japan operates. The only surprising thing is they were caught.

I guess someone felt overlooked when the brown envelopes were being handed out

Should this also go on the list of 'moral collapse'?

Yadda yadda yadda suspended sentence

Giving the bid to his mates, a play out of Abe's playbook

Did you happen to finish reading the article?

 A total of six firms participated in the bidding session held in January but the company in question did not win the contract.

Giving the bid to his mates, a play out of Abe's playbook