(2)Takeshi Kondo to head Japan Highway

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Nobuteru Ishihara answers reporters at his office Nov. 13 following talks with Takeshi Kondo, a House of Councillors member, who has been named president of Japan Highway Public Corp. (JH), a post vacant since Haruho Fujii was sacked in October over a financial scandal.

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