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KEIDANREN

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2020
Japan firms slowly moving away from old ways on recruitment and pay
Japan's unique, long-held employment practices characterized by annual new graduate recruitment, lifetime jobs and seniority-based pay raises have helped support economic growth in the postwar period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2020
Japan's top business lobby calls for review of uniform base pay hikes
Keidanren called for a review of the practice that sees labor unions demand a uniform pay hike, saying the performances of individual firms and employees should be reflected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2020
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.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2019
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.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2019
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."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2019
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 Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2019
Facebook joins Keidanren, Japan's powerful business lobby
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.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2019
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 2, 2019
End of Heisei Era and lifetime employment
Lifetime employment in Japan companies is fading in the face of slow growth and intensifying competitive pressures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2019
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2019
Japanese firms likely to expand year-round hiring of university graduates
Keidanren, the nation's top business lobby, and Japanese universities are expected to agree to let more companies introduce year-round hiring of new graduates, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2019
Keidanren wants maximum service life of nuclear power plants extended to over 60 years
Keidanren will also request that periods in which plant operations are halted be excluded from their operating life spans, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2019
At B20 in Tokyo, world business leaders urge stronger cooperation on looming challenges
As confidence in free trade appears to be waning mainly due to U.S. foreign policy and Brexit, international business leaders said Friday that stronger cross-border cooperation is needed more than ever to prevent further damage to the principles of globalization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2019
Japan's workforce can expect smaller raises this year as companies push back against Abe
Japan Inc. is pushing back after years of pressure to give bigger pay raises that has been a key part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to restore stable economic growth.

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