Japan business leaders vow to focus on digital innovation to boost economy
Business leaders Wednesday underlined their determination to further boost digital innovation this year as part of efforts for the country to lead the global economy. In a New Year message, Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, said the country's ...
Japan big firms pay record winter bonuses for second straight year
The average winter bonus for workers at major Japanese businesses rose 1.77 percent from a year earlier to a record ¥951,411 this year, a survey showed Wednesday. Bonuses agreed to in labor-management negotiations hit a record high for the second straight year thanks to strong ...
Keidanren to urge Japanese companies to do more than just cut work hours
The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to call on member companies to consider devising steps to develop high value-added products and services in a bid to improve labor productivity. The policy, to be included in the top business lobby's management-side guidelines for next year's ...
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 ...
