More info from The Japan Times: https://archive.is/Uo1wq

(let's gooooooo get fucked JR central)

25 points GeriatricusMaximus

The five companies, all construction consultancies, were fined 100 million yen in total.

ThAt WiLl TeAcH tHeM!!!

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7 points Expensive-Milk-71

How much was their total contract revenue worth again? Hah!

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1 points skatefriday

For the year ended 2024 the Tokaido shinkansen produced 1,247.9 billion yen in revenue for JR Central. That's 350 million yen PER DAY.

Yeah, that'll teach them all right.

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1 points soba_set

And they'll just tack on the fine in the next contract under "rising cost of materials" or something. Not like there's another realistic options for different railway companies to take over lol.

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15 points OriginalMultiple

Wow whodathunkit?

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6 points ivytea

JR倒壊

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0 points frozenpandaman

hahaha yep, i use this term a lot

and even better, 尺倒壊

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6 points IIAOPSW

Makes sense I suppose that a railroad had a whistleblower.

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3 points Meinos

LOL

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1 points CEOAmaterasu

fine aka cost of doing business

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