U.S., Japanese business leaders end meeting

U.S., Japanese business leaders end meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Armstrong (R), chairman of AT&T Corp. and co-chairman of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference, and Minoru Makihara, chairman of Mitsubishi Corp. and co-chairman of the conference, meet the press at a Tokyo hotel July 11 at the end of the two-day conference. Among the issues conference participants discussed was the lowering of interconnection fees charged by telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.

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