Ishihara to fire JH head Fujii

Ishihara to fire JH head Fujii

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Oct. 6 heads for a TV interview on the firing of Japan Highway Public Corp. (JH) President Haruho Fujii. Fujii defied Ishihara's order to resign in connection with a financial scandal, prompting the minister to move to officially fire the former career bureaucrat.

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