The Fair Trade Commission searched the offices of six major office furniture makers Thursday over alleged bid-rigging in connection with orders from the Air Self-Defense Force.
The antimonopoly watchdog also sent officials to the First ASDF Depot in Chiba Prefecture and other ASDF offices to determine if the service orchestrated the bid-rigging.
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