Business / Corporate Oct 1, 2020
Keidanren to propose law allowing virtual-only shareholder meetings
It will also include the proposal in a list of requests for deregulation that will center on digitalization.
Business Sep 16, 2020
Japan business leaders expect economic reforms under new leadership
Business leaders in Japan expressed expectations Wednesday that Yoshihide Suga, the country's new prime minister, will carry out economic reforms to boost the country's competitiveness and ensure a swift recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. "We believe the new Cabinet has a lineup which is capable ...
Business Aug 21, 2020
Japan business lobby chief's cancer returns, but he'll keep working
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chief of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, has had a relapse of lymphoma but will keep working from the hospital, the business lobby said Friday. The 74-year-old chairman of Hitachi Ltd. has been hospitalized since last month after tumor marker ...
Business Aug 6, 2020
Japan's climate change efforts hindered by Keidanren bias, study says
The heavy clout wielded by energy-intensive sectors of Japan is resulting in the favoring of coal and a pushback against efforts to fight climate change, it says.
Business Jul 16, 2020
The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said Thursday that Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi has been hospitalized for a detailed examination after a deterioration in tumor marker test results. Nakanishi, hospitalized for months last year to receive treatment for lymphoma, was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo ...
Business Jun 17, 2020
The average bonus at major Japanese companies this summer will fall 6.0 percent from a year before to ¥925,947 due to the coronavirus pandemic and a slowdown in the global economy, the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said in a preliminary survey report Wednesday. The ...
Business Jun 2, 2020
Keidanren chief eager to promote digitization and international cooperation
Ahead of the start of his second term as chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, Hiroaki Nakanishi expressed his eagerness to accelerate the nation's digitization efforts and strengthen the country's international cooperation to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. A delay in the application of ...
Business May 15, 2020
Japan industry groups offer guidance on how to coexist with COVID-19
by Tomohiro Osaki
The guidelines offer a glimpse into how firms might survive as their customers adopt what's been dubbed a "new lifestyle."
Business / Corporate May 14, 2020
Top business lobby urges four-day workweek as anti-infection step
Companies were also advised to suspend nonessential business trips and conduct meetings and interviews or seminars with job-seekers online.
Business May 9, 2020
Keidanren to suggest four-day workweek to reduce virus infection risk
Japan's largest business lobby plans to suggest that member companies introduce a four-day workweek as part of efforts to reduce risks of novel coronavirus infection. A shift from the current five-day workweek system to the four-day system is an option, the Japan Business Federation, or ...
Business May 1, 2020
Members of the influential business lobby will be asked to waive patents that could help develop technologies against the virus.
Business / Corporate Apr 18, 2020
Keidanren collects 260,000 high-level masks to donate to hospitals
Japan's largest business lobby has secured about 260,000 high-performance masks donated by its member companies to ease the shortage of personal protective equipment at medical institutions caused the coronavirus crisis, sources said Saturday. Keidanren, also known as the Japan Business Federation, plans to distribute the ...