FOREIGN FIRMS HOPE TO JOIN JAPAN TELECOM COMPANY President Nobuo Ito of International Telecom Japan Inc (ITJ), one of two rival firms seeking to enter Japan's international telecommunications market, said it will offer a stake in the company to 10 foreign firms. But he declined to specify what share the firms would take, and told Reuters they would not participate in its management. ITJ and International Digital Communications Planning Inc (IDC), in which both Cable and Wireless Plc and Pacific Telesis Group own 20 pct stakes, are set to merge into a new entity to compete against Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd.