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Government inspects eHomes over Aneha's faulty designs

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Nov 25, 2005

Government officials Thursday inspected eHomes Inc., a state-designated agency in Tokyo that checked the building plans submitted by an architect accused of using false quake-resistance data, ministry officials said.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='200' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20051125a2a.jpg' WIDTH='200' HEIGHT='127'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Architect Hidetsugu Aneha –

enters the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry building in Tokyo for a hearing on falsified building data.

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry also questioned the architect, Hidetsugu Aneha, with an eye to revoking his first-class architect license.