Japan Highway Public Corp. may be keeping a secret.
A senior official claimed in a monthly magazine out Thursday that Japan Highway compiled a balance sheet last year showing its total liabilities far exceed assets. The article also says the finding was covered up so the public corporation would not be forced to greatly scale down expressway construction plans.
Another official denied the allegation during a news conference, saying no such balance sheet was compiled.
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