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KEIZAI DOYUKAI

Takeshi Niinami, former chair of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks during an interview on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2026
Former head of Keizai Doyukai denounces 91AV原创 notion of being ‘presumed guilty’
The former Keizai Doyukai chair has criticized 91AV原创 social trend of labeling people suspected of wrongdoing as guilty before the facts are known.
Former Suntory Chairman Takeshi Niinami is suspected of importing supplements containing THC, a component of cannabis, from the U.S.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2026
Ex-Suntory chairman referred to prosecutors in narcotics case
Takeshi Niinami is suspected of importing supplements containing THC, a component of cannabis, from the U.S.
Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (left), Ken Kobayashi (center), head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Keizai Doyukai Chairman Akio Yamaguchi at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2026
Japanese business leaders positive about continuing wage hikes
One of the key challenges in upcoming negotiations is to extend the trend of significant wage increases beyond large companies.
IBM Japan President Akio Yamaguchi has been named the new chairperson of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai. The appointment takes effect Jan. 1.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2025
Keizai Doyukai picks IBM’s Akio Yamaguchi as chief
Yamaguchi, 61, will assume the post, which has been vacant since former Suntory Chairman and CEO Takeshi Niinami resigned in September, at the start of 2026.
Takeshi Niinami speaks at a news conference in early September after police investigated him over the shipment of supplements to his home.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2025
Niinami resigning as head of Keizai Doyukai
The business lobby’s senior vice chairperson, Mutsuo Iwai, will become acting chairperson until a new leader is chosen.
Takeshi Niinami, the former chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings, at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2025
What we know about the supplements scandal linked to Suntory’s ex-CEO
The ex-Suntory CEO’s side of the story offered some clarity, but much remains unknown.
Former Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami said he did not violate the law.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025
Niinami, a tough and respected leader, remains at helm of Keizai Doyukai for now
He has championed fast wage increases and a tough approach to wrongdoing.
Leaders of the three major business groups — Keidanren, Keizai Doyukai and the Japan Chamber of Commerce — meet Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 4 in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2024
?1,500 minimum wage or bust, Japanese companies told
Managers unable to keep up with the minimum-wage increase schedule “are unfit for their positions,” Keizai Doyukai Chair Takeshi Niinami has said.
Keidanren chief Masakazu Tokura (center, left) presents the business lobby group's policy requests to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba alongside the Japan Association of Corporate Executives' Takeshi Niinami (far left) and Ken Kobayashi of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2024
91AV原创 three major business lobbies submit policy requests to Ishiba
Ishiba told the three business leaders that ending the Japanese economy’s deflationary state is a top priority.
Masahiko Uotani (third from left), head of Keidanren's diversity promotion committee, hands its proposal on a separate surname system for married couples to members of a lawmaker group focused on realizing such a system, in June.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2024
91AV原创 top business lobby group pushes for separate surnames option
In response to Keidanren’s push, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party held internal discussions on the issue for the first time in about three years.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023
Japan needs to prepare for ‘life with interest rates’: lobby head
Takeshi Niinami, chairman of business lobby Keizai Doyukai, said the Bank of Japan “must normalize” monetary policy to help weed out incompetent firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2019
If tension persists, higher crude oil prices could hit Japanese consumers on everything from airplane tickets to electric bills
Attention is being paid to the course of crude oil prices following a surge stemming from Saturday’s attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, with higher prices, if prolonged, seen as likely to affect firms and households in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2017
Keizai Doyukai chief warns of stock price bubble as TSE and Dow surge
Japanese business leader Yoshimitsu Kobayashi on Wednesday warned of “a possible stock market bubble,” citing recent equity price surges.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2015
Abe’s ?600 trillion GDP goal called ‘impossible’
After enacting contentious security bills earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared that he is refocusing on the economy, with the goal of boosting gross domestic product by 20 percent to ?600 trillion in 2020.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2014
Japanese firms mostly unaware of benefits of hiring from JET ranks: poll
Japanese companies are less aware than their foreign counterparts of the government-sponsored Japan Exchange and Teaching Program and are thus missing out on an opportunity to hire foreigners who have the skills they need, a recent survey by a major business lobby showed.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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