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Ex-Rengo chief Sasamori dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Kiyoshi Sasamori, a former chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo and a special advisor to the Cabinet, who died of pneumonia at the age of 70 on June 4, 2011.

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori.

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Rengo gives top priority to narrowing social disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, addresses its annual general meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5.

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This year's wage talks to reflect big divide

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at a labor-management forum jointly sponsored Rengo and the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 13.

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(3)Over 100,000 attend Rengo's May Day rallies across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the nation's largest labor union group, addresses a May Day rally held in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29. Rengo used to hold May Day rallies on May 1. But in 2001, it started organizing the rallies on the first day of Japan's ''Golden Week'' holidays in a bid to draw more participants.

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(1)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) leader Kiyoshi Sasamori (3rd from L, front), with Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan (4th from L, front), takes to the streets after a Rengo-sponsored labor rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. The rally was held ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies.

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(2)Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, reelected president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 3. Sasamori, 62, easily beat challenger Tsuyoshi Takagi, 60, head of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (UI Zensen Domei), Japan's largest private-sector union federation with about 784,000 members.

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Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 3 after being reelected Rengo president.

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(1)Rengo to focus on ensuring job security

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori speaks at the opening session of the organization's regular two-day convention in Tokyo on Oct. 2. He presented a policy plan focusing on ensuring job security rather than demanding a uniform wage increase.

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Gov't, Keidanren, Rengo agree to promote work sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from government, business and labor sectors compiled a document Dec. 4 aimed at ensuring job security in the deteriorating labor market by means such as promoting work sharing. The representatives -- (from R to L) Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi, and Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) -- held a news conference after their meeting in Tokyo.

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Rengo to forego uniform wage hike for 2nd consecutive year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a Central Committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Rengo leaders proposed to foregoing a uniform wage hike during its 2003 annual wage negotiations for the second straight year amid Japan's prolonged economic slump.

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(1)Japan unions mark May Day with rallies

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting to mark May Day at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Japanese trade union meets with employers' group

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L, standing), head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting of Rengo members and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 17. Nikkeiren chairman Hiroshi Okuda is on the far right.

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Rengo to give priority to job security

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L), president of the 7.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting of the group's strategic committee meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 9. With the nation's jobless rate staying at record levels, the committee decided to give priority to job security in wage negotiations with management.

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Labor union chief Sasamori meets the media

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (C), new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5, flanked by acting President Yoshiyuki Ohara (L) and General Secretary Tadayoshi Kusano (R). Rengo provides a major support base for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.

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Rengo to give priority to job security

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (L), president of the 7.6 million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting of the group's strategic committee meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 9. With the nation's jobless rate staying at record levels, the committee decided to give priority to job security in wage negotiations with management.

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Gov't, labor, management reach accord on job-sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (C) and Kiyoshi Sasamori (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shake hands March 29 after announcing an agreement to pave the way for introducing work-sharing amid Japan's deteriorating employment situation.

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Labor union chief Sasamori meets the media

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori (C), new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5, flanked by acting President Yoshiyuki Ohara (L) and General Secretary Tadayoshi Kusano (R). Rengo provides a major support base for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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(2)Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, reelected president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 3. Sasamori, 62, easily beat challenger Tsuyoshi Takagi, 60, head of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions (UI Zensen Domei), Japan's largest private-sector union federation with about 784,000 members. (Kyodo)

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Part-timers forced to live severe life

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at a meeting of Japan's largest labor group to launch this spring labor offensive in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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Takagi elected as new Rengo chief

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (L), head of UI Zensen Domei, and Kiyoshi Sasamori shake hands during an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 6 after Takai is elected as new Rengo president to replace Sasamori. (Kyodo)

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Rengo gives top priority to narrowing social disparity

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, addresses its annual general meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Rengo chief Sasamori dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Kiyoshi Sasamori, a former chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo and a special advisor to the Cabinet, who died of pneumonia at the age of 70 on June 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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(1)Workers rally in spring labor offensive

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) leader Kiyoshi Sasamori (3rd from L, front), with Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan (4th from L, front), takes to the streets after a Rengo-sponsored labor rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 6. The rally was held ahead of the March 17 announcements on wages by management of major companies. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan unions mark May Day with rallies

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), addresses a meeting to mark May Day at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 27.

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(3)Over 100,000 attend Rengo's May Day rallies across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the nation's largest labor union group, addresses a May Day rally held in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29. Rengo used to hold May Day rallies on May 1. But in 2001, it started organizing the rallies on the first day of Japan's ''Golden Week'' holidays in a bid to draw more participants. (Kyodo)

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Sasamori reelected Rengo president

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a regular meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), the country's largest labor organization, in Tokyo on Oct. 3 after being reelected Rengo president. (Kyodo)

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(1)Rengo to focus on ensuring job security

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori speaks at the opening session of the organization's regular two-day convention in Tokyo on Oct. 2. He presented a policy plan focusing on ensuring job security rather than demanding a uniform wage increase. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, Keidanren, Rengo agree to promote work sharing

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from government, business and labor sectors compiled a document Dec. 4 aimed at ensuring job security in the deteriorating labor market by means such as promoting work sharing. The representatives -- (from R to L) Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi, and Kiyoshi Sasamori, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) -- held a news conference after their meeting in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Rengo to forego uniform wage hike for 2nd consecutive year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) Chairman Kiyoshi Sasamori addresses a Central Committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Rengo leaders proposed to foregoing a uniform wage hike during its 2003 annual wage negotiations for the second straight year amid Japan's prolonged economic slump. (Kyodo)

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.