Architect Hidetsugu Aneha's falsified quake resistance data were noticeable at first glance, the designer who blew the whistle on the shoddy construction scam testified Wednesday before the Diet.</PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Tomoyuki Watanabe –
, chief of Atlas Architect Design Office and the first whistle-blower in the building safety scandal, attends a session of the Lower House Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee along with eHomes President Togo Fujita (center) and Japan ERI President Takahide Suzuki.
Tomoyuki Watanabe, also an architect and president of Atlas Architect Design Office, told the second session of the Lower House Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee that he first came across the faked data for a condominium complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward 18 months ago.
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