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KEIDANREN

BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2014
Anti-nuke candidates' loss elates biz chiefs
Business leaders welcomed former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe's victory Sunday in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, which represented a victory in their efforts to prevent the anti-nuclear lobby from harming their interests.
EDITORIALS
Feb 9, 2014
Wages of an economic upturn
Indications are that Japan may finally be on its way out of deflation, but prices are rising faster than workers' wages and the consumption tax hike in April will add to the burden on households.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2014
New boss to steer Keidanren back to politics?
Sadayuki Sakakibara, the incoming chairman of Keidanren, says his priority in leading the nation's top business lobby is to help get Japan back on a growth track, but observers say he may also try to re-establish the organization's influence in politics.
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2014
Wage hikes can help end deflation
This year's wage negotiations have started, and for the first time in five years, Japan's largest labor organization will demand across-the-board raises in wage bases. The Japan Business Federation concurs but in more evasive language.
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2014
Leadership change at Keidanren
Keidanren has selected a new leader just as its clout declines and it faces challenges to its role as the nation's most powerful business lobby.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2014
Keidanren hands torch to unique chief after first pick declines
Unlike his predecessors as head of Keidanren, Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara doesn't belong to the business lobby's current leadership group of more than a dozen vice chairmen or chief of its Board of Councilors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 14, 2014
Sakakibara proclaimed next Keidanren chief
Keidanren announced Tuesday it will appoint Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara as the next chief of the nation's most influential business lobby to accelerate the country's economic revival led by the private sector as a leader from a manufacturing company.
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2014
Business leaders call on firms to hike pay
In line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to break the grip of deflation through aggressive economic policies, business leaders on Tuesday called on companies to hike wages.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2014
Only 17% of Japan's biggest firms plan to raise wages
Only 17 percent of major companies will raise wages in the business year that starts April 1, even though 71 percent expect the economy to expand in 2014, according to a Kyodo News survey.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2013
Major firms boost winter bonuses
The average winter bonus at major companies rose 3.47 percent from last year to ¥806,007 on the back of the economic recovery, Keidanren said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2013
Japan business lobby to accept basic pay hike in spring wage talks
Keidanren is likely to allow employers to raise basic pay at next year's spring annual labor-management wage talks, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2013
Japanese businesses view Southeast Asia as key to growth
Japanese corporate leaders Saturday emphasized the importance of Southeast Asian markets for the growth of the country's companies during a meeting with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2013
Farm, business lobbies push tie-ups
The nation's largest farm and business lobbies have agreed to increase tie-ups to boost the competitiveness of the domestic agricultural industry as Japan and 11 other countries try to hammer out the Trans-Pacific Partnership before the end of the year.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2013
Real effect of wage increases
Despite signs that Japan Inc. may be ready to accept the prime minister's call to raise wages next spring, it's questionable whether the hikes would offest higher prices and taxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2013
Keidanren to urge members to hike wages, Yonekura says
The head of Japan's most influential business lobby said Monday that he will urge member companies who are expecting business to improve to raise wages.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2013
U.S. demands more work before TPP talks
The U.S. has welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, but noted that more work needs to be done to win Washington's approval.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2013
Biz group going to China to mend ties
The Japan-China Economic Association is making final arrangements to send a delegation to Beijing for a three-day visit from March 21 in a move that could contribute to mending fraught bilateral ties, association sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2013
Firms hesitant on Myanmar despite potential
A major Japanese business delegation of around 140 officials, including top executives of big firms, has returned from a six-day tour of Myanmar and Cambodia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2013
Abe asks business leaders to raise wages to help beat chronic deflation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked business leaders Tuesday to raise wages in a rare move reflecting the administration's resolve to accelerate the battle against chronic deflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 11, 2013
Keidanren to tap execs from Toyota, Toshiba, Nippon Steel
The influential Keidanren business lobby will name Toyota Motor Corp. Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, 66, as one of its deputy chiefs, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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