SASEBO, Japan—A Japanese contractor is under investigation by U.S. federal authorities for possibly dumping wastewater from American warships into Japanese harbors, in a case that shows the U.S. Navy’s ongoing struggles in overseeing its contractors. The Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Navy are looking into whether Kanto Kosan Co. pumped waste into three Japanese ports since 2008 and then covered it up in violation of contracts, and into whether Navy staff in Japan ignored complaints about it,...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 01, 2019 13:52 UTC