Despite frosty ties, Japan, South Korea business lobbies agree to boost cooperation
Japanese and South Korean business lobbies agreed Friday on the importance of continuing dialogue and boosting cooperation for a "future-oriented" relationship despite the two Asian neighbors' political relations sinking to their worst level in years due to wartime history and trade issues. "Under any political ...
South Korea's Lee Nak-yon and Japan business leaders affirm need for exchanges amid frayed ties
Visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Japanese business leaders on Thursday spoke about the importance of the two countries' business communities continuing personnel exchanges and dialogue amid frayed bilateral political ties. The economies of South Korea and Japan are linked and such relations ...
Keidanren urges caution on using workers' insurance funds to aid Japan's 'ice age generation'
The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Tuesday called on the government to cautiously study its idea of using reserve funds under the employment insurance system for the purpose of assisting people in the employment "ice age generation." The push is part of Keidanren's proposals ...
Japan business chief says South Korea rift and Brexit still big risks
Keidanren Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi says Japanese companies continue to face major risks stemming from heightened tensions with South Korea and the uncertain outlook for Britain's exit from the European Union. The 73-year-old Nakanishi, who is also chairman of Hitachi Ltd., said Monday in his first ...
Japanese and African business leaders hold first investment dialogue at TICAD
A Keidanren official said Japanese firms now have a “keen interest” in the huge potential of the continent’s rapidly growing economy.
Japan Business Federation chief Nakanishi to return to his post in September after illness
The Japan Business Federation said Friday that Hiroaki Nakanishi will return to his post as chief of the country's biggest business lobby in September after he was hospitalized in late May. Nakanishi is expected to be back at work Sept. 9, when a management meeting ...
Haruno Yoshida, leading businesswoman and adviser to Keidanren, dies at 55
She was a longtime proponent of improving workplace diversity and was featured regularly in international forums as a role model for working women.
As information technology giants come under increased regulatory pressure, the Japan unit of Facebook Inc. said Monday it has joined the country's most powerful business lobby. Joining Keidanren, also known as the Japan Business Federation, is seen as an attempt by Facebook to build ties ...
Summer bonuses at major Japanese firms down 2.52% from previous year
The average summer bonus at major companies this year declined 2.52 percent from a year earlier to ¥971,777, down for the first time in two years, an initial tally by the Japanese Business Federation showed Tuesday. Labor unions' requests to raise pay scales, rather than ...
Japan business lobby chief to undergo treatment for lymphoma
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chief of the nation's biggest business lobby, has been diagnosed with lymphoma and will undergo treatment, the Japan Business Federation said Wednesday. The 73-year-old chairman of Hitachi Ltd. has not felt well since early May and was hospitalized for a checkup at a ...
End of Heisei Era and lifetime employment
Lifetime employment in Japan companies is fading in the face of slow growth and intensifying competitive pressures.
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 ...
