TOKYO -- Hitachi's withdrawal from a 3 trillion yen ($28.4 billion) nuclear power plant project in the U.K. has not ended the Japanese industrial conglomerate's ambitions to become a "truly global company," according to CEO Toshiaki Higashihara.
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Hitachi President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara promised to make "contributions to infrastructure and employment in the U.K." despite ending its participation in a nuclear project. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
TOKYO -- Hitachi's withdrawal from a 3 trillion yen ($28.4 billion) nuclear power plant project in the U.K. has not ended the Japanese industrial conglomerate's ambitions to become a "truly global company," according to CEO Toshiaki Higashihara.