TOKYO -- Japan's Hitachi has decided to sell about half its 51% stake in Hitachi Construction Machinery for 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) to trading house Itochu and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners, Nikkei has learned.
Sale to Itochu, Japan Industrial Partners to fetch $1.7bn

The sale of Hitachi Construction Machinery will represent a final tranche of Hitachi's decadelong business portfolio overhaul.
TOKYO -- Japan's Hitachi has decided to sell about half its 51% stake in Hitachi Construction Machinery for 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) to trading house Itochu and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners, Nikkei has learned.