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Tight labor market in Japan forces companies to revamp recruitment
Major firms will begin hiring university graduates year-round, Keidanren said Monday, revamping Japan's long-standing education-to-employment pathway in response to the changing labor market. Keidanren, the country's most powerful business lobby and also known as the Japan Business Federation, will no longer expect its members to ...
Hitachi boss says nationalization is 'only path' to save Wales nuclear plant project
Hitachi's frozen nuclear power project in Britain can only be revived if it is nationalized, the Nikkei business paper reported the company's chairman as saying on Wednesday. "Nationalization is the only path," Hiroaki Nakanishi was quoted as saying at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting ...
Hitachi to remain in nuclear business after halting plant project in Wales, chairman says
Hitachi Ltd. plans to remain in the nuclear business, its chairman said, even after suspending a reactor project in the U.K. and as public anxiety over the technology persists. "When we build up some nuclear power stations, we have to maintain this for 40, 50, ...
Hitachi chief's remarks on nuclear industry spark debate
On Jan. 1, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), held press interviews on the outlook of the business community and, at one point, the discussion turned to nuclear energy. Nakanishi is also the chairman of Hitachi Ltd., a major supplier of nuclear ...
Japan business chiefs say U.S.-China trade fight is hurting global economy
The trade conflict between the United States and China has been gradually but steadily hurting the world economy, the head of Japan's biggest business lobby warned Monday. "I'm truly feeling some of the impact" from the tariff battle between the world's two largest economies, Keidanren ...
Through Keidanren role, Hiroaki Nakanishi looks to ditch dated aspects of Japan's corporate culture
At the same time, the 72-year-old organization reflects the most traditional — and at times outdated — aspects of corporate Japan.
Business leaders want structural reform and innovation to move Japan forward
Japan's largest business lobby stressed on Tuesday the importance of structural reforms while pushing for actors in the political and corporate spheres to drive the innovation they say will help overcome the nation's labor and productivity challenges. In his new-year message, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of ...
Keidanren chief Hiroaki Nakanishi eyed to oversee organizing of 2025 Osaka expo
The government is expected to propose that Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi head the new body that will succeed the Osaka 2025 World Expo bid committee and oversee the organizing of the event, sources said Saturday. The Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions on ...
Keidanren faces flak for falling behind the times despite change in leadership
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) published an article on June 17 that was critical of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), a lobbying organization made up of more than 1,300 of the country's biggest companies. The Nikkei has always been in Keidanren’s corner, so it ...
A Japanese business mission arrived in Beijing on Sunday as the governments of both countries continue preparations for mutual visits by their leaders. The team, which has 240 participants, was formed by the Japan-China Economic Association, whose chairman is Shoji Muneoka of Nippon Steel & ...
Keidanren arranging talks over review of graduate hiring rules
Keidanren is arranging talks with the government and universities to review its guidelines on the hiring of university graduates, it was learned Wednesday. The country's biggest business lobby, also known as the Japan Business Federation, hopes to discuss whether to introduce year-round recruitment for university ...
New Keidanren chief Hiroaki Nakanishi calls for no delay to 2019 consumption tax hike
Japan needs to raise its 8 percent consumption tax to 10 percent in October 2019 as planned, Hiroaki Nakanishi, new chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), said in a recent interview. "A postponement to keep economic growth in place or alleviate the impact is not ...
