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Former Nikkeiren chief Nagano dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Nagano (in file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, or Nikkeiren, and honorary chairman of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., died at a Tokyo hospital May 12, the company said. He was 85.

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(2)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), who was elected May 28 as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF), talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Dawei (2nd from R, front) at a reception following the new organization's inaugural meeting. The JBF was created through the merger of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren).

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(1)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (at the rostrum), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and the last chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), is elected as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF) during the organization's inaugural general meeting in Tokyo on May 28. The organization was created through the merger of Nikkeiren and the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).

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Okuda urges Mizuho execs to take blame for computer fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to reporters April 18 in Tokyo. He said the management of the Mizuho Financial Group should take responsibility for the computer fiasco afflicting two group banks.

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Li brushes aside concerns over 'China threat' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), toast during a welcome luncheon in Tokyo on April 3. Li brushed aside growing concerns in Japan that Beijing's rapid economic development will pose a threat to Tokyo.

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Keidanren approves merger with Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai (standing), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), addresses its extraordinary general meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Keidanren formally approved a plan to merge with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) to create the Japan Business Federation in May.

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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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Nikkeiren adopts pay-cut plan for wage negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an extraordinary meeting of the association Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report stressing the need to urge labor unions to accept pay cuts in this year's labor-management wage negotiations.

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Okuda selected to lead new merged business lobby

TOKYO, Japan - The chairmen of two of Japan's major business groups -- Takashi Imai of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) (L) and Hiroshi Okuda of the Japan Federation of Employers Association (Nikkeiren) -- shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12. They announced the two organizations will merge next May into a new entity, the Japan Business Federation, with Okuda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., to serve as its first chairman.

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New business body to be launched

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), chairman of the Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Takashi Imai (C), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), are seated next to each other at a joint meeting of the two organizations in Tokyo on June 20. Keidanren and Nikkeiren agreed to launch a new organization, Japan Business Federation (JBF), through their merger in May 2002.

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Nikkeiren OKs transferring better profits to staff via bonuses

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks at an extraordinary meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Jan. 12. Japan's largest employers group endorsed a policy of transferring the fruits of improved profitability at major firms to staff as bonus hikes or one-off allowances rather than granting a labor demand to improve salaries.

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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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Keidanren, Nikkeiren finalize name of merged body

TOKYO, Japan - The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will merge in 2002 and the new body will be called the Japan Business Federation, Yoshihiro Fujii(C), the head of a special committee preparing the merger, told reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20.

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Okuda elected head of top employer group

The president of Toyota Motor Corp., Hiroshi Okuda, speaks at a news conference May 13 following his election as head of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren).

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto.

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Nikkeiren chairman speaks at extraordinary general assembly

Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) speaks Jan. 12 at its extraordinary general assembly in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report advising that basic wage raises should be avoided for the seventh consecutive year.

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Toyota's Okuda to become Nikkeiren chairman

This file photo shows Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., who has been nominated by the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) as its next chairman. The appointment will be formalized at the federation's general assembly in May, Nikkeiren officials said Jan. 8. Jiro Nemoto, who will step down as chairman after four years in office, said Okuda, 66, was chosen because of his reputation as an internationally minded business executive.

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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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Okuda selected to lead new merged business lobby

TOKYO, Japan - The chairmen of two of Japan's major business groups -- Takashi Imai of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) (L) and Hiroshi Okuda of the Japan Federation of Employers Association (Nikkeiren) -- shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12. They announced the two organizations will merge next May into a new entity, the Japan Business Federation, with Okuda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., to serve as its first chairman.

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Nikkeiren adopts pay-cut plan for wage negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an extraordinary meeting of the association Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report stressing the need to urge labor unions to accept pay cuts in this year's labor-management wage negotiations.

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Keidanren approves merger with Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai (standing), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), addresses its extraordinary general meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Keidanren formally approved a plan to merge with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) to create the Japan Business Federation in May.

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Li brushes aside concerns over 'China threat' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, and Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), toast during a welcome luncheon in Tokyo on April 3. Li brushed aside growing concerns in Japan that Beijing's rapid economic development will pose a threat to Tokyo.

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Former Nikkeiren chief Nagano dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Nagano (in file photo), former chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, or Nikkeiren, and honorary chairman of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., died at a Tokyo hospital May 12, the company said. He was 85. (Kyodo)

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(1)Okuda elected chairman of new Japan Business Federation

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (at the rostrum), chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and the last chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), is elected as the first chairman of the newly-established Japan Business Federation (JBF) during the organization's inaugural general meeting in Tokyo on May 28. The organization was created through the merger of Nikkeiren and the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).

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Okuda urges Mizuho execs to take blame for computer fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to reporters April 18 in Tokyo. He said the management of the Mizuho Financial Group should take responsibility for the computer fiasco afflicting two group banks.

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Nikkeiren OKs transferring better profits to staff via bonuses

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chief of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, speaks at an extraordinary meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Jan. 12. Japan's largest employers group endorsed a policy of transferring the fruits of improved profitability at major firms to staff as bonus hikes or one-off allowances rather than granting a labor demand to improve salaries.

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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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Keidanren, Nikkeiren finalize name of merged body

TOKYO, Japan - The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) will merge in 2002 and the new body will be called the Japan Business Federation, Yoshihiro Fujii(C), the head of a special committee preparing the merger, told reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20.

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Rengo's Washio submits wage hike demand to Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L), chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), Japan's largest confederation of labor unions, presents a letter containing the group's demand for a wage hike in ongoing spring wage negotiations to Tadao Suzuki, vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel on March 10. Washio said, ''Japan's economy, on the whole, is showing an upward trend. Employers should pay more to their employees.'' Suzuki replied, ''Due to intensifying global competition, we need to ensure job security rather than raise wages.''

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Management, labor hold wage, employment discussion

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L, standing), chief of the eight million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at the beginning of a roundtable discussion with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), Japan's largest employers' organization, at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 21. They discussed the upcoming spring wage negotiations, including wage and employment issues.

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Employers' group endorses wage cut stance for labor talks+

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an general assembly of the nation's largest employers' group in Tokyo on Jan. 12. The meeting approved a basic stance calling for wage reductions in exchange for job security for workers.

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Okuda elected head of top employer group

The president of Toyota Motor Corp., Hiroshi Okuda, speaks at a news conference May 13 following his election as head of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren). ==Kyodo

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto. ==Kyodo

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Nikkeiren chairman speaks at extraordinary general assembly

Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) speaks Jan. 12 at its extraordinary general assembly in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report advising that basic wage raises should be avoided for the seventh consecutive year.

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Incoming Nikkeiren chairman meets the press

Hiroshi Okuda (L), president of Toyota Motor Corp and the incoming chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) meets the press Jan. 11 together with the outgoing chairman Jiro Nemoto (R) at the Nikkeiren headquarters. The appointment will be formalized at the federation's general assembly in May.

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Toyota's Okuda to become Nikkeiren chairman

This file photo shows Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., who has been nominated by the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) as its next chairman. The appointment will be formalized at the federation's general assembly in May, Nikkeiren officials said Jan. 8. Jiro Nemoto, who will step down as chairman after four years in office, said Okuda, 66, was chosen because of his reputation as an internationally minded business executive. ==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