The Finance Ministry said Friday that the mandatory percentage of shares held by the government in Japan Tobacco Inc. should be cut to 50 percent in fiscal 2002 from the current 66.7 percent.
The ministry submitted the proposal at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Special Committee on Tobacco and Salt Industry, ministry officials said.
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