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

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) is greeted by Kakutaro Kitashiro (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Hiroshi Okuda (2nd from R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Nobuo Yamaguchi (R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on arrival at a New Year party sponsored by the three business organizations in Tokyo on Jan. 5.

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(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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Watanabe becomes JBIC governor

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Watanabe (L), new governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, along with his predecessor Hiroshi Okuda (R), a former president of Toyota Motor Corp., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013. Watanabe served as head of the International Bureau of the Finance Ministry and vice minister for international affairs before becoming JBIC's executive managing director, the No. 2 post at the institution, in April 2012.

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Toyota's Okuda steps down as adviser

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Hiroshi Okuda, governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Toyota Motor Corp. said April 4, 2012, Okuda has stepped down as an adviser upon becoming the bank's head as of April 1. Okuda no longer holds a position at the major automaker after the government-owned bank said it was undesirable for Okuda to keep titles at a private company while serving as the bank's head, according to Toyota.

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New JBIC chief Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, the new president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, speaks at his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2012.

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Fukuda convenes environment panel

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (far R) convenes the first meeting of a panel of experts at the Prime Minister's Office on March 5 to discuss ways to address climate change, where a full-fledged discussion on whether to create an emissions trading system in the country is expected to take place. Hiroshi Okuda (far L), senior adviser of Toyota Motor Corp., serves as head of the panel.

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Toyota's Okuda appointed as Fukuda's adviser on global warming

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), senior adviser of Toyota Motor Corp., talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26. Okuda was appointed as special adviser to the Cabinet on the economy and global warming issues.

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Toyota fetes opening of 1st Russia plant

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (L) and Director and Adviser Hiroshi Okuda show Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) around Toyota's car assembly plant on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Dec. 21 after the opening ceremony for the plant. Toyota is the first Japanese automaker to start production in Russia.

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Canon's Mitarai succeeds Toyota's Okuda as head of Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Chief executive officer of Canon Inc. Fujio Mitarai (L, center) shakes hands with Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda after he was chosen as head of the Japan Business Federation succeeding Okuda at a federation's general meeting in Tokyo.

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Canon's Mitarai succeeds Toyota's Okuda as head of Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Chief executive officer of Canon Inc. Fujio Mitarai (L) shakes hands with Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda after he became head of the Japan Business Federation succeeding Okuda.

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Okuda shows high self-appraisal as Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, outgoing chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a press conference at Keidanren Hall in Tokyo on May 18. Okuda, who will be succeeded by Fujio Mitarai, chairman of Canon Inc., gave a high mark to his performance as head of the country's most powerful business lobby, saying, ''I think I am eligible for 70 to 80 points'' out of a perfect 100.''

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Okuda says Livedoor may have to exit Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, tells reporters in Tokyo on March 13 that Livedoor Co. might be expelled from the nation's most influential business lobby if the ongoing investigations find the company to have engaged in more serious crimes than have been made public so far. The same day, the Tokyo Stock Exchange decided to delist Livedoor stock on April 14 as the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a fresh criminal complaint against the company and five former executives over alleged securities law violations.

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Nippon Keidanren, Vietnam seek bigger Japanese investment

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nong Duc Manh (L) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda pose for photos before their talks in Hanoi on Feb. 28. They agreed to cooperate in boosting Japanese companies' direct investment in Vietnam.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, which effectively kicked off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese.

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Top business leaders meet press

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, take part in a New Year's press meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 5.

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Business leaders urge Nikai to promote FTAs, WTO negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks during a meeting between business leaders and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 7. He urged the minister to promote free trade agreements between Japan and Asian economies as well as market-opening negotiations under the World Trade Organization.

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Putin attends luncheon with Japanese business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, head to a luncheon meeting with Japanese business leaders at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 21. (Pool photo)

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Putin attends Japan-Russia economic forum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, during a Japan-Russia economic cooperation forum at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 21. The forum, sponsored by the federation, was attended by business leaders from the two countries.

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Okuda says he met with China's Hu

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda tells reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 24 that he met with Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visited China in late September. But he denied he discussed with Hu the issue of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent visit to Yasukuni Shrine or carried any message from Koizumi.

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Japanese business leader meets with Chinese premier

BEIJING, China - Japanese business leader Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 26

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Business leader urges LDP to 'humbly' promote reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda speaks about the landside victory by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party in the general election at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12.

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Japan Business Federation begins 2-day summer forum

OYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, addresses the beginning of a two-day summer forum in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 21.

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Koizumi seeks business support for postal privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a meeting of businesspeople organized by the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) in Tokyo on July 20. The premier asked business leaders to continue to back his contentious pet policy of privatizing Japan Post. Seated at center is Nippon Keidanren chairman Hiroshi Okuda.

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Business leader not to take immediate action on 'amakudari'

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 11. Okuda said he will not take immediate action to prohibit retired top-ranking bureaucrats from working for private companies they previously supervised.

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Gates meets with Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (R) and Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda pose for photos prior to their talks at the Keidanren Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on June 29.

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Toyota holds groundbreaking ceremony for St. Petersburg plant

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (C). former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (2nd from L) attend a groundbreaking ceremony for Toyota's car assembly plant in St. Petersburg onJune 14. The facility marks one of the largest Japanese investments ever made in Russia.

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Experts to seek ways to cope with feckless youth

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (standing), chairman of the Japan Business Federation and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at the first meeting of a forum of experts on various fields in Tokyo on May 26 to come up with ways to cope with the rising number of young people called ''NEET,'' short for ''not in employment, education or training.'' Okuda was chosen to lead the forum.

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(1)Wu attends luncheon hosted by Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (R) shakes hands with Japan Business Federation leader Hiroshi Okuda prior to a luncheon meeting hosted by the federation in Tokyo on May 23. (Pool photo)

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Okuda talks about effect of anti-Japan demonstrations in China

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks on the influence of the violent anti-Japan demonstrations in China over the weekend during a news conference in Tokyo on April 11.

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(2)Toyota Motor promotes Vice President Watanabe to president

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (R) and President Fujio Cho (far L) are seated at a press conference, called on Feb. 9 to announce the appointment of Executive Vice President Katsuaki Watanabe (C) as next president. Watanabe, 62, will replace Cho, who will take the post of vice chairman, in June.

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Okuda hopes for early stability in crude oil prices

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, addresses the annual U.S.-Japan Business Conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 15. The two-day conference started on Nov. 14, bringing together business leaders from Japan and the United States.

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Yudhoyono pledges to continue economic partnership talks with Japan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) poses with Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), prior to their meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Nov. 6. Yudhoyono expressed his commitment to continue talks for an economic partnership between Indonesia and Japan, Okuda told reporters later.

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Japanese business leaders meet with Arroyo

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Nippon Keidanren and Toyota Motor Corp., poses with Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on Nov. 3. Okuda headed a Japanese business delegation which met with Arroyo and Filipino businessmen to discus possible arrangements and a trade deal between both countries.

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Toyota reports record sales, profits in 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda explains the company's operations in Tokyo on Nov. 1 after Toyota reported record group sales and profits for the six months ended Sept. 30.

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(2)Nippon Keidanren chief Okuda speaks after forum

OYAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) chats with Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at a dinner reception following the end of the business lobby's forum held in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 23.

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Nippon Keidanren chief Okuda speaks after forum

OYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks after the business lobby's forum in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 23.

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Keidaren chief addresses summer forum

GOTEMBA, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses his association's annual summer forum held in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 22. Revision of the Constitution was high on the agenda at the meeting.

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Toyota may consider assisting UFJ, Okuda indicates

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda speaks in an interview with a group of reporters in Tokyo on May 25. He indicated Toyota may consider assisting struggling banking group UFJ Holdings Inc. if requested.

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Profitable firms should reward workers with bonuses: Okuda

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Feb. 12. the head of Japan's most powerful business lobby said companies with strong earnings should reward employees with bonuses or temporary pay rather than pay-scale rises.

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Keidanren gives high marks to LDP on policy assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28 about the organization's policy assessment on major political parties.

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Business leaders voice concern over rise in yen

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the powerful Japan Business Federation, speaks at a new conference in Tokyo on Jan. 6, flanked by Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Nobuo Yamaguchi (L) and Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Kakutaro Kitashiro. The business leaders expressed concern over the recent rise in the yen's value against the U.S. dollar.

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Business leaders see brightness in economy but warn of risks

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamaguchi (L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kakutaro Kitashiro (2nd from R) and Hiroshi Okuda (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, pose with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a New Year party the three business organizations hosted in Tokyo on Jan. 6. The three business leaders said Japan's economy is expected to improve in 2004 if it can overcome risks such as a possible downturn in the U.S. economy and a sharp rise in the yen's value.

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Okuda to stay on as head of Nippon Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), tells reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 that he will continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term.

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Russia to pick pipeline route from economic viewpoint: premier

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (L) and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) pose for photos at a gathering at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 16. (Pool photo)

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Nippon Keidanren's Okuda willing to remain in office

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8. He expressed his willingness to continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term.

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Japan business leader Okuda meets with Chinese Premier Wen

BEIJING, China - Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (L) meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 24. Okuda is on a three-day visit to China to call on Chinese leaders to adopt Japan's Shinkansen bullet train system in a project to build a high-speed Beijing-Shanghai railway.

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Business leader cautiously welcomes inroads by DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the results of Sunday's House of Representatives general election in which the ruling coalition maintained its lower house majority but by a reduced margin, and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) notched gains in seats.

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Okuda voices interest in 2nd term as Nippon Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (in file photo) of the Japan Business Federation, Japan's most powerful business lobby, indicated July 22 he may stay in the role for another two-year term. ''Whether president or chairman (of a company), you start to understand what you are doing in the second year and can take action on your own in the third year,'' the 70-year-old Okuda said at a press conference.

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Blair meets with auto executives

TOKYO, Japan - British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2nd from L) poses with Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (L), Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (3rd form L) and Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui (R) after their talks at a Tokyo hotel July 19. The auto executives repeated their call on Blair to join the single currency system. (Pool photo)

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Okuda to propose panel on rail system during China trip

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), said at a news conference in Tokyo on July 14 that he plans to propose establishing a Japan-China joint committee as part of his efforts to make a pitch for Japan's high-speed rail system for a new Beijing-Shanghai route. He said he will present the proposal during a trip to China next month.