(2)Business leaders expect recovery in 2nd half of 2005

(2)Business leaders expect recovery in 2nd half of 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, Nobuo Yamaguchi (C), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Kakutaro Kitashiro (R)), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, give a joint press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5. The heads of Japan's three largest business organizations said that they expect to see a domestic economic recovery in the second half of this year.

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