Ex-chief of Japan Business Federation set to lead scandal-hit Kepco
A former chief of Japan's most powerful business lobby group is expected to become the new chairman of Kansai Electric Power Co., sources close to the matter said Thursday, as the firm aims to improve governance following a corruption scandal. Sadayuki Sakakibara, 76, was previously ...
Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi to head Keidanren business lobby
Keidanren has tapped Hitachi Ltd. Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi as its next chief, the nation's top business lobby said Tuesday. The appointment was approved earlier in the day at a meeting of the body's board of councilors. Nakanishi, 71, will be formally appointed at Keidanren's general ...
In New Year's message, Abe pledges future-focused welfare reform this year
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged to implement measures in 2018 to improve Japan's social welfare system and help the country cope with the declining birthrate and aging population. "This year will be a time to act," Abe said in his New Year statement, ...
Japan Business Federation to send mission for talks with Trump
Keidanren plans to send a delegation to the U.S. early this year to discuss trade policies with officials of the new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump.
The head of the influential Keidanren business lobby on Monday called on management and labor unions to hold "thorough negotiations" on wage hikes to help Japan declare an exit from years of deflation, as the annual talks shift into top gear. Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of ...
Keidanren wants Abe to consider China, South Korea in WWII anniversary statement
The head of Japan's biggest business lobby has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to compile a statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in consideration of the relationship with China and South Korea. "I hope (Abe) will issue a ...
A delegation from Japan's most influential business lobby on Wednesday asked South Korean President Park Geun-hye to hold one-on-one talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which would be the first since the two leaders took office. During a meeting at the Blue House in Seoul, ...
Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Japan's most influential business lobby, will meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul next Wednesday, the Japan-Korea Economic Association said Friday. Mikio Sasaki, the association's head and an adviser to trading house Mitsubishi Corp., will also ...
Sadayuki Sakakibara confirms Keidanren will return to recommending political donations
The nation’s biggest business lobby is set to resume recommending for the first time in five years that its member companies make political donations, in an effort to strengthen ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration to gain a bigger say in policy.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday confirmed that the head of the nation's most powerful business lobby and the incoming president of brewer Suntory Holdings Ltd. will join the government's key economic advisory panel. Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation), and ...
Keidanren chief Sakakibara may be tapped for key policy panel
Sadayuki Sakakibara is likely to become the first Keidanren chief to sit on the government's top economic policy panel in six years, sources close to the matter said. The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby is likely to be tapped as a private-sector member ...
Keidanren appointed Sadayuki Sakakibara as the new chairman of the country's most powerful business lobby on Tuesday. The business lobby, also known as the Japan Business Federation, approved the nomination of Sakakibara, chairman of fiber and textile maker Toray Industries Inc., at a general meeting. ...
