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Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations.

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Japan's largest labor body Rengo gets 1st female chief

Tomoko Yoshino became the first-ever female chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo on Wednesday after her promotion from vice president was approved at a regular convention. Yoshino, 55, from a labor union mainly representing small and medium-sized manufacturers in Japan, will serve a two-year term, succeeding Rikio Kozu, who led the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, as Rengo is formally known, for six years. It is the first time since the establishment of Rengo in 1989 that a woman has taken the helm of the organization that has around 7 million members.

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Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Rengo labor union pares back support for Democratic Party

Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, Japan's largest labor group, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2016, after its central executive committee decided to downgrade the support it officially offers to the newly formed opposition Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ Governor Kuroda attends event hosted by Rengo

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) shakes hands with Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, during a New Year meeting hosted by Rengo at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2016. Kuroda attended the event for the second straight year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu elected as new Rengo chief

Rikio Kozu addresses a general meeting of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015. Kozu was elected as its new chief to replace Nobuaki Koga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rengo to pick new president

Combination photo shows Rikio Kozu (L), secretary general of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, and Naoto Omi, chairman of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Worker's Unions, or UA Zensen. It was reported on June 24, 2015, that the largest trade union of Japan is considering appointing Kozu as its new chief to replace the retiring Nobuaki Koga, and Omi as the secretary general. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trade union, 2 opposition parties in Japan

(From L) Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, and Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, meet the press after their talks in Tokyo on April 9, 2021.

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Japanese national labor center leader meets press in Tokyo

Rikio Kozu, new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Rengo held a Central Steering Committee meeting the same day to discuss strategy for annual wage negotiations in spring 2016. Rengo is poised to demand an average pay hike of around 2 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National trade union center Rengo picks Kozu as new president

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo, elects Rikio Kozu as its new president at its convention in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu chosen as new head of national labor union center Rengo

Rikio Kozu speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, after his election as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo, at its convention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kozu assumes presidency of Japan's national trade union Rengo

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2015, shows Rikio Kozu, who has become the new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, better known as Rengo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest labor union to demand 4% pay hike in wage talks

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, addresses a meeting of the labor organization in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017. Rengo decided to demand a pay hike of around 4 percent in annual wage talks starting in early 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union withdraws support for white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation known as Rengo, attends a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 27, 2017, after an extraordinary meeting of the organization's central executive committee. Kozu said Rengo decided to withdraw its support for a controversial government plan to allow merit-based pay systems for highly skilled jobs with high incomes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union gives de facto OK to white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, the head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, following talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan's largest labor union gave the green light to a long-stalled government plan to introduce merit-based pay system for highly skilled jobs, on condition that tougher overwork prevention measures are imposed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Labor union gives de facto OK to white-collar overtime exemption

Rikio Kozu, the head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, following talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japan's largest labor union gave the green light to a long-stalled government plan to introduce merit-based pay system for highly skilled jobs, on condition that tougher overwork prevention measures are imposed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren, labor body Rengo agree to introduce 100-hour overtime cap

Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Rikio Kozu, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, meet the press after holding talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo on March 13, 2017. Japan's most powerful business lobby Keidanren and the pan labor union Rengo agreed to limit monthly overtime work to 100 hours during busy periods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual wage negotiations go into full swing

Rikio Kozu, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, attends a meeting with representatives from management, including Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2017, as annual wage negotiations got into full swing. In addition to pay hikes, the two sides are also expected to discuss how to tackle prolonged working hours. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe meets with labor union chief

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with Rikio Kozu, chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's largest labor union body known as Rengo, at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2016. They exchanged views over the way of working. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo