Hidetsugu Aneha

It is suggested that one of the causes for the problem was that the (privately owned) oversight agencies responsible for confirming compliance to Japanese safety standards did not detect the forgery. It was said that these private organizations, such as EHomes and Nihon ERI, did not adequately function in their oversight roles; however, it was later revealed that government oversight agencies had also failed to detect some instances of forgery. Because the concrete had insufficient reinforcing steel, there was a fear that an earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Japanese Shindo scale could cause the buildings to collapse. None of the buildings in question have yet collapsed, but the safety of high-rise buildings in earthquake-prone Japan has been called into question, particularly in the light of the 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse in Korea. Residents of the areas around the affected buildings live in a constant state of unease, not knowing if or when the buildings will collapse. Some hotels, unable to guarantee the safety of their customers, have ceased operations. In Japan, the incident was first publicized by bloggers. Hidetsugu Aneha, Moriyoshi Kimura, Akira Shinozuka and Togo Fujita etc. Were arrested on April 26, 2006, and Huser's president Susumu Ojima was arrested on May 17 of the same year and convicted in September 2007.

The recorded working language is Japanese.