Asahi :: Saturday, June 27, 2009

• 14 state roads to be built, after all (6/27)
  The land ministry will likely restart 14 of 18 national road construction projects that were put on hold in late March because they were deemed to be cost-ineffective, sources said Friday. continued ...


• Ex-Nishimatsu head indicted (6/27)
  Tokyo prosecutors Friday indicted Mikio Kunisawa, former president of Nishimatsu Construction Co., over the company's alleged purchase of fund-raising party tickets for trade minister Toshihiro Nikai's group through dummy political organizations. continued ...


• Aso set to juggle key party posts in run-up to poll (6/27)
  Prime Minister Taro Aso may reshuffle the executive lineup of his Liberal Democratic Party within days in preparation for a Lower House election that he could call soon, sources said. continued ...


• EDITORIAL: Ministry under fire again (6/27)
  The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is embroiled in a new bid-rigging scandal. Many people must be feeling that this arm of the government should be renamed as the "ministry of land, infrastructure and collusion." continued ...