Keidanren chief calls for serious talks over wage hikes

TOKYO, Jan. 25 Kyodo - Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, makes a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. Sakakibara called for "thorough negotiations" over wages between management and labor unions to help Japan exit from years of deflation, as annual wage talks shift into full gear.

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