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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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Toshiba's Okamura to head Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. Chairman Tadashi Okamura (file photo). The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry unofficially decided March 21 to name Okamura as its next chairman to replace Nobuo Yamaguchi. Okamura will assume the post in late October for a three-year term. Yamaguchi is chairman of Asahi Kasei Corp.

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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 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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Business leaders voice opposition to inflation target

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi (L), Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (C) and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Nobuo Yamaguchi pose at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 6 after a press conference in which they spoke out against setting an inflation target to contain deflation.

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Business leaders meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations, Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, meet the press after a New Year party in Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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Yamaguchi named head of Japan Chamber of Commerce

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Asahi Kasei Corp. Chairman Nobuo Yamaguchi, who was named the new chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on July 24. Yamaguchi, who replaced Kosaku Inaba, will hold the post until the end of October 2004.

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Yamaguchi named head of Tokyo chamber of commerce

TOKYO, Japan - Kosaku Inaba (L), outgoing chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and his successor Nobuo Yamaguchi (R) give a news conference in Tokyo on July 12. Yamaguchi, chairman of Asahi Kasei Corp., will serve concurrently as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Defense minister at air base in western Japan

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (front R) visits the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 14, 2021. Japan will set up a second space operations unit there to monitor any threat via electromagnetic waves to its satellites within fiscal 2022, Kishi said.

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Business leaders meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations, Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, meet the press after a New Year party in Tokyo on Jan. 7.

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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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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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Toshiba's Okamura to head Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. Chairman Tadashi Okamura (file photo). The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry unofficially decided March 21 to name Okamura as its next chairman to replace Nobuo Yamaguchi. Okamura will assume the post in late October for a three-year term. Yamaguchi is chairman of Asahi Kasei Corp. (Kyodo)

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Hot-spring resort town hands tourists sweets after warning lifted

Nobuo Yamaguchi (R), mayor of Hakone, distributes bean-jam buns to tourists at Hakone Yumoto station in the town southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2015, to express gratitude for visiting the popular hot spring resort area, a week after the national weather agency lifted its volcanic activity warning for Mt. Hakone. Small-scale eruptions of the volcano earlier this year caused a dent in the number of people visiting Hakone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mayor seeks help in drawing tourists back to Mt. Hakone

Hakone Mayor Nobuo Yamaguchi (3rd from L) explains at travel agency JTB Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo on June 5, 2015, about the status of volcanic activity at Mt. Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture, and sought cooperation in promoting travel to the hot-spring resort on the mountain. It has been almost one month since the volcanic alert for the usually popular tourist spot was raised from "normal" to a level advising restrictions on entry to areas around the volcanic vent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's opposition leader visits Yamaguchi gov't office

Tsai Ing-wen (C), head of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, visits the Yamauchi prefectural government office in Yamaguchi city, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2015. She is accompanied by Nobuo Kishi (R), a lower house member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==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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Business leaders voice opposition to inflation target

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Yotaro Kobayashi (L), Japan Business Federation Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (C) and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Nobuo Yamaguchi pose at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 6 after a press conference in which they spoke out against setting an inflation target to contain deflation. (Kyodo)

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Yamaguchi named head of Tokyo chamber of commerce

TOKYO, Japan - Kosaku Inaba (L), outgoing chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and his successor Nobuo Yamaguchi (R) give a news conference in Tokyo on July 12. Yamaguchi, chairman of Asahi Kasei Corp., will serve concurrently as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.