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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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Business leaders upbeat about Japan's economy this year

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (from L to R), show solidarity after speaking to reporters at a New Year party hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy.

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Business leaders upbeat about Japan's economy this year

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (from L to R), speak to reporters at a New Year party in Tokyo hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy.

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Abe joins business leaders at New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (from L to R), share the podium at a New Year party hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy.

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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 gather for summer seminar in Karuizawa

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks at an association seminar in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 14.

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Business leader proposes 3 tril. yen state expenditure cut

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Karutaro Kitashiro (C), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks at a seminar for business leader that began in Karuizawa on July 15. Kitashiro proposed that the government cut its annual budgetary expenditures by 3 trillion yen to put Japan's deficit-ridden fiscal house back in order.

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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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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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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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Otoshi to become president of IBM Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takuma Otoshi (L), managing director of IBM Japan Ltd., the Japanese subsidiary of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) of the United States, shakes hands with Kakutaro Kitashiro, president of IBM Japan, after the company announced at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 2. that Otoshi, 51, will succeed Kitashiro as president on Dec. 1.

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders gather for summer seminar in Karuizawa

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks at an association seminar in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on July 14. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Abe joins business leaders at New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (from L to R), share the podium at a New Year party hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders upbeat about Japan's economy this year

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (from L to R), show solidarity after speaking to reporters at a New Year party hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy. (Kyodo)

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Business leaders upbeat about Japan's economy this year

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Kakutaro Kitashiro, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (from L to R), speak to reporters at a New Year party in Tokyo hosted by the three major business groups. The business leaders say they are upbeat about this year Japan's economy. (Kyodo)

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Business leader proposes 3 tril. yen state expenditure cut

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Karutaro Kitashiro (C), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks at a seminar for business leader that began in Karuizawa on July 15. Kitashiro proposed that the government cut its annual budgetary expenditures by 3 trillion yen to put Japan's deficit-ridden fiscal house back in order. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Otoshi to become president of IBM Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takuma Otoshi (L), managing director of IBM Japan Ltd., the Japanese subsidiary of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) of the United States, shakes hands with Kakutaro Kitashiro, president of IBM Japan, after the company announced at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 2. that Otoshi, 51, will succeed Kitashiro as president on Dec. 1.