JT president-designate to seek sale of its gov't-held shares

JT president-designate to seek sale of its gov't-held shares

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) President-designate Katsuhiko Honda (R) speaks at a news conference at the company head office in Tokyo on April 27, as outgoing Masaru Mizuno (L) listens beside him. Honda pledged to push for the government's sale of its remaining shares in the company. The government owns about two-thirds of 2,000,000 outstanding shares in JT, which was privatized in 1985.

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