Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

Industry minister says will sell off TEPCO shares when term ends

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa tells a session of the House of Councillors Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2014, that he intends to sell the Tokyo Electric Power Co. shares he owns when he ends his term and donate the proceeds to the revival of Fukushima, the prefecture hit hardest by the nuclear crisis at TEPCO's Fukushima Dainichi nuclear power plant. Miyazawa, who took office the previous week, has come under fire following the revelation he holds 600 shares in TEPCO, raising questions about the independence of the minister in charge of overseeing the power sector. (Kyodo)

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