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(2)Panel unveils program to reconstruct Japanese economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Ushio (L), a member of a key government reform panel, presents to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a report on a sweeping reform program aimed at putting the nation's bad loan-crippled economy in order in two to three years through painful changes that could cost economic growth.

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New economic panel eyes full recovery

TOKYO, Japan - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a new economic panel headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, holds its first meeting on Jan. 6, the day major government administrative reforms aimed at exerting political leadership over economic policy-making came into force to bring about an early economic recovery and to restore the state's long-term financial health. The photo shows the blue-ribbon panel's members from the private sector (clockwise) - Masaaki Homma, a professor at Osaka University, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, and Ushio Inc. Chairman Jiro Oshio.

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Kobayashi to head Keizai Doyukai

Fuji Xerox Co. Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi (L) speakes at a news conference April 22 after being named new chief of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), one of Japan's four influential business lobby organs. At right is his predecessor Jiro Ushio.

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Japan business dons pin hope on 2nd-half recovery

The leaders of Japan's top four big-business groups hold a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, voicing hope that the nation's economy will be put on a recovery track in the second half of this year, while expressing shock at a series of negative developments at the new year's onset. From left to right are Jiro Ushio, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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(2)Panel unveils program to reconstruct Japanese economy

TOKYO, Japan - Jiro Ushio (L), a member of a key government reform panel, presents to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a report on a sweeping reform program aimed at putting the nation's bad loan-crippled economy in order in two to three years through painful changes that could cost economic growth.

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New economic panel eyes full recovery

TOKYO, Japan - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a new economic panel headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, holds its first meeting on Jan. 6, the day major government administrative reforms aimed at exerting political leadership over economic policy-making came into force to bring about an early economic recovery and to restore the state's long-term financial health. The photo shows the blue-ribbon panel's members from the private sector (clockwise) - Masaaki Homma, a professor at Osaka University, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, and Ushio Inc. Chairman Jiro Oshio.

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Kobayashi to head Keizai Doyukai

Fuji Xerox Co. Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi (L) speakes at a news conference April 22 after being named new chief of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), one of Japan's four influential business lobby organs. At right is his predecessor Jiro Ushio. ==Kyodo

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Japan business dons pin hope on 2nd-half recovery

The leaders of Japan's top four big-business groups hold a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, voicing hope that the nation's economy will be put on a recovery track in the second half of this year, while expressing shock at a series of negative developments at the new year's onset. From left to right are Jiro Ushio, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. ==Kyodo