Japan calls off sale of govt shareholdings-paper
The Japanese government has decided to cancel plans to sell its shareholdings in Japan Tobacco Inc (JT), Nippon Telegraph Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), and West Japan Railway Co (JR West) by the end of the current fiscal year in March... The government planned to unload its 31.7 percent holding in JR West, valued at about 350 billion yen based on current market prices, and part of its 66.7 percent holding in JT and its 45.9 percent holding in NTT during this fiscal year.
- - - Forbes / TOKYO, Feb 18 9am (Reuters)
