Japan's mobile fees have room for 40% cut, top spokesman says

Suga faults lack of competition for internationally high prices

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YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's top mobile phone carriers can lower service fees by about 40%, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday, taking aim at the huge annual profits the companies rake in.

"I have to say that competition has not been working," Suga said in a lecture in Sapporo.

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