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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 30 Kyodo - Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases. (Kyodo)

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Keizai Doyukai Press Conference

Economic Council press conference. Photo shows Representative Director Takeshi Niinami.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Press Conference

Economic Council press conference. Photo shows Representative Director Takeshi Niinami.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Press Conference

Economic Council press conference. photo shows, from left, Representative Director Takeshi Niinami and Vice Representative Director Mutsuo Iwai.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Press Conference

Economic Council press conference. Photo shows Representative Director Takeshi Niinami.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Press Conference

Economic Council press conference. photo shows, from left, Representative Director Takeshi Niinami and Vice Representative Director Mutsuo Iwai.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Ex-Suntory Chairman Niinami quits as business body chief

Former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2025, following his resignation as chief of a major business body, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, after coming under police investigation over supplement purchases.

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Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

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Keizai Doyukai Ordinary General Meeting Press Conference

Press conference at the Ordinary General Meeting of Keizai Doyukai. Photo shows, from left, Nambu Toshikazu (newly appointed), Keizai Doyukai Representative Director Takeshi Niinami, Yasuhito Hirota (newly appointed), and Tetsuro Yoshimatsu (newly appointed).=April 28,2025,Tokyo

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Three Economic Organizations 2025 New Year's Celebration Party

Keizai Doyukai 2025 New Year's Celebration Party. Pictured is Takeshi Niinami, Representative Director of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives).=January 7,2025,Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

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Three Economic Organizations 2025 New Year's Celebration Party

Keizai Doyukai 2025 New Year's Celebration Party. Photo shows Takeshi Niinami, Representative Director of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), addressing the guests.=January 7,2025,Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

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Three Economic Organizations 2025 New Year's Celebration Party

Keizai Doyukai 2025 New Year's Celebration Party. Photo shows, from right, Takeshi Niinami, Representative Director of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), and guest of honor, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.=January 7,2025,Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

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M'bishi Chemical chief Kobayashi to become Doyukai chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., who will assume the chairmanship the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai, next April. He assumed the presidency of Mitsubishi Chemical in April 2007.

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Japanese PM Abe talks with Dutch King Willem-Alexander

TOKYO, Japan - Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smile before talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima arrived in Japan on Oct. 28 as state guests and will stay through Nov. 2. (Poop photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Japanese PM Abe talks with Dutch King Willem-Alexander

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Dutch Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie pose for photos before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. The Dutch royal couple arrived in Japan on Oct. 28 as state guests and will stay through Nov. 2. (Poop photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Empress Michiko attends movie preview

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (C in front) attends a movie preview at a theater in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills on Sept. 10, 2014. At left is actor Koji Yakusho, who played the main character in the movie titled "Higurashinoki." (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace opened to public

TOKYO, Japan - People see the Homeiden state banquet hall of the Imperial Palace, where the emperor hosts a banquet dinner for state guests, in Tokyo on May 24, 2014, during their special tour of the palace. The Imperial Household Agency opened parts of the palace to the public to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Akihito last December. The special tour is being held on May 24 and 25, with three groups of about 50 people participating each day. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Media see reactor control room at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Media are given access to the central control room of the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Feb. 26, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the start of the nuclear crisis on March 11. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, shake hands during a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, attends a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel with leaders of two other major business organizations on Jan. 7, 2014.

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U.S. envoy in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos delivers a keynote speech during a seminar of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, in Morioka, northeastern Japan, on May 23, 2013.

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Fiji judoka

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 12, 2012 shows Fiji judoka Josateki Naulu at Ryutsu Keizai University in Ibaraki Prefecture. Naulu, who will participate in the men's judo 81-kilogram class at the London Olympics, was a student of the university.

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Ryutsu Keizai Univ. players to become J leaguers

RYUGASAKI, Japan - (from L) Kazuya Yamamura, Takuya Masuda, Yusuke Higa and Takahiro Nakazato, students at Ryutsu Keizai University, pose for photos at a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. They all will join J-league soccer clubs next spring.

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Under-22 midfielder Yamamura

RYUGASAKI, Japan - Japan Under-22 midfielder Kazuya Yamamura, a student of Ryutsu Keizai University, attends a press conference at the university in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. Yamamura, who will join Kashima Antlers next spring, expressed his wish to do his best in the J-League first division soccer team.

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kazumasa Sasahara, a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. employee who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading, arrives at Tokyo Detention Center in Kosuge on July 25. The business daily dismissed Sasahara on disciplinary grounds at a board meeting later in the day.

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. President Ryoki Sugita (L), joined by his aides, bows in a gesture of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on July 25. An employee of the business daily was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of insider trading.

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Nihon Keizai managing director to quit over employee insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. President Ryoki Sugita (C) speaks at a press conference on insider trading by an employee in the business daily's advertising bureau said on Feb. 24. Sugita said that Takashi Kageyama, managing director in charge of advertising, will step down from his post to take responsibility for incident.

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Matsushita to become co-chairman of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (R), vice chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., will succeed Chiyono Terada (L) as co-chairman of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives (Kansai Keizai Doyukai) when Terada's term of office expires next May. At the center is Tsutomu Okuda, co-chairman of the economic organization.

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Koizumi renews commitment to structural reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a meeting of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), a leading business, in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Koizumi said that he will keep implementing structural reforms if reelected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sept. 20.

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Doyukai's Kitashiro says calls for more gov't spending unwise

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Kakutaro Kitashiro (standing), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), addresses a seminar of the association in the summer resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture on July 17.

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Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoki Sugita, president of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the namesake business daily known as the Nikkei, tells reporters in Tokyo on May 16 that Chairman Takuhiko Tsuruta has stepped down and become an adviser.

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Business lobby regrets Koizumi's absence from Davos forum

DAVOS, Switzerland - Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), tells Kyodo News in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 26 that he was sorry that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi did not attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) there.

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Doyukai's Kitashiro wants to create jobs, nurture start-ups

TOKYO, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Kakutaro Kitashiro (R), who is to become the head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 26 with Yotaro Kobayashi, the current Doyukai chairman, looking on. Kitashiro, chairman of IBM Japan Ltd., will be the first executive from a foreign-owned company to head a major Japanese business lobby.

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Tanzan Ishibashi

Born Sept. 25, 1884 and died on April 25, 1973. After graduating from Waseda University in 1907, Ishibashi joined the publishing company Toyo Keizai Shimpo and wrote for many magazines and newspapers. He was an outspoken critic of the militarists in the 1930s. Ishibashi became prime minister on Dec. 23, 1956 but had to resign after two months because of illness. Photo was taken on March 20, 1969.

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Fukuma, Haru as appointed BOJ Policy Board members

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikatsu Fukuma (R), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), and Hidehiko Haru (L), executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speak with the media April 5 after being appointed as members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sugishima (C), a former Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporter who was detained in North Korea for over two years on suspicion of espionage until mid-February, thanks Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) on April 1 for the ministry's efforts to have him released. Sugihara's wife Mutsuko is seated at right.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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Business leaders confident about 1.7% growth

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's top four industrial bosses give a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 5. (From L to R) Kosaku Inaba, head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Takashi Imai, head of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Yotaro Kobayashi, chief of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).

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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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Kobayashi named Keizai Doyukai head

The file photo shows Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of Fuji Xerox Co., who was appointed as head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) on Dec. 22. Kobayashi, 65, is currently vice chairman of the business group.

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Terada to become 1st female leader of Kansai Keizai Doyukai

OSAKA, Japan - Chiyono Terada (R), president of major moving company Art Corp., poses with Kazuo Asada (L), president of NTT West Corp., at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 20. Terada and Asada have been appointed to succeed Kazuaki Tsuda as co-chairmen of the Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives). Terada will be the first woman to lead any of the five major business organizations based in Osaka.

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Fukuma to be named BOJ Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government informally decided March 8 to appoint Toshikatsu Fukuma (in file photo), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), as a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Sugishima thanks Foreign Ministry for efforts for his release

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sugishima (C), a former Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporter who was detained in North Korea for over two years on suspicion of espionage until mid-February, thanks Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) on April 1 for the ministry's efforts to have him released. Sugihara's wife Mutsuko is seated at right.