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[breaking News]Yoshino re-elected as Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 8 Kyodo - Tomoko Yoshino raises her fist while delivering a speech at a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after being re-elected for her third term as president of the country's largest labor organization, known as Rengo. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Trade Union Confederation meeting

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, also known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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LDP's party convention

Tomoko Yoshino, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, speaks at a party convention of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 9, 2025.

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LDP's party convention

Tomoko Yoshino, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, speaks at a party convention of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 9, 2025.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Combined photo shows Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura (L) and Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino holding talks in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino meets the press after a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively commenced.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks to the press after a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively commenced.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (C) speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Japan's government holds meeting on wages

Tomoko Yoshino (C), head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, and Masakazu Tokura (R), chairman of the country's biggest business lobby, the Japan Business Federation or Keidanren, attend a government meeting on wage hikes at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2024.

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Japan's government holds meeting on wages

Japanese government holds a meeting on wage hikes with representatives from the business community and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2024.

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Japan's government holds meeting on wages

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from front) speaks at a government meeting on wage hikes attended by representatives from the business community and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2024.

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Japan's government holds meeting on wages

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a government meeting on wage hikes attended by representatives from the business community and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2024.

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Main opposition party head Noda

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2024, following talks with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo.

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Main opposition party head Noda

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2024, following talks with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo.

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Main opposition party head Noda

Yoshihiko Noda (C), head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2024, following talks with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Tomoko Yoshino (L, standing), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, speaks during a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R), the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting with Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, speaks during a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Yoshihiko Noda (R, standing), new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks in a meeting with Tomoko Yoshino (3rd from L), president of Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (L) and Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to the press after holding a meeting in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (L) and Kenta Izumi, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to the press after holding a meeting in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Kenta Izumi (R, standing), leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting with Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (far L) in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (back L) holds a meeting with Kenta Izumi (3rd from R), leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on July 11, 2024.

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May Day gathering in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, makes a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27, 2024. (Kyodo)

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May Day gathering in Japan

Tomoko Yoshino (C), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, makes a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27, 2024.

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May Day gathering in Japan

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, makes a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (2nd from L) holds a meeting with Katsuya Okada (3rd from R), secretary general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino holds a meeting with Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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Talks between Japan opposition party, labor organization

Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a meeting with Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino in Tokyo on March 15, 2024.

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May Day gathering in Japan

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, hosts a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29, 2023, without COVID restrictions imposed for the first time in four years.

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May Day gathering in Japan

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, makes a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29, 2023.

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May Day gathering in Japan

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, hosts a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29, 2023, without COVID restrictions imposed for the first time in four years.

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Rengo president speaks at opposition party conference

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks at a convention of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2024.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation and the Japan Business Federation hold a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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[Breaking News]Rengo president Yoshino

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Tomoko Yoshino, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, delivers a speech at a forum in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2024.(Kyodo)

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New Year meeting of Rengo

Tomoko Yoshino, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a New Year meeting of Japan's largest labor organization known as Rengo in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Rengo president Yoshino

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a committee meeting of the country's largest labor organization known as Rengo in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023.

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Rengo president Yoshino

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a committee meeting of the country's largest labor organization known as Rengo in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023.

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Rengo president Yoshino

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a committee meeting of the country's largest labor organization known as Rengo in Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2023.

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Yoshino reelected as Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 6 Kyodo - Tomoko Yoshino raises her fist while delivering a morale-boosting message during her speech at a regular meeting of Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Rengo, the country's largest labor organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2023, after being reelected Rengo president. (Kyodo)

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May Day gathering in Japan

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, hosts a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29, 2023, without COVID restrictions imposed for the first time in four years.

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May Day gathering in Japan

Tomoko Yoshino, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, makes a speech at a May Day gathering in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29, 2023.