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Japan Hall of Fame award ceremony for Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki (L), who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, receives his plaque from Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Sadayuki Sakakibara during an award ceremony for his 2025 enshrinement in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in the central Japan city on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred (R) and Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Sadayuki Sakakibara are pictured at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on March 17, 2025, during a welcome party for Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series. (Pool photo)

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Keidanren chief calls for serious talks over wage hikes

TOKYO, Jan. 25 Kyodo - Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, makes a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. Sakakibara called for "thorough negotiations" over wages between management and labor unions to help Japan exit from years of deflation, as annual wage talks shift into full gear.

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Japanese business leaders stress need for pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Yasuchika Hasegawa (L), Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (C) and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Akio Mimura clasp hands at a New Year's party in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015. They echoed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call for pay hikes for company employees he made as a guest speaker.

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PM Abe plays golf with business leaders

CHIGASAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) plays golf with Fujio Mitarai (C), former chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Sadayuki Sakakibara, current chairman, on Jan. 3, 2015, in Chigasaki, near Tokyo. Abe told reporters he hopes the year 2015 "will be sunny like today's weather."

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014, after holding talks with South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

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Japan, S. Korea business leaders meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Japan Business Federation and the Federation of Korean Industries hold a meeting for the first time in seven years in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2014. Japanese delegates, including Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from L on the front row), are also scheduled to meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye later in the day.

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Japan, S. Korea top business lobbies meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (L) and Federation of Korean Industries Chairman Huh Chang Soo attend the top business lobbies' first meeting in seven years on Dec. 1, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea, to exchange views on a range of economic issues.

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Business leaders set to accept Abe's decision to delay tax hike

NAGOYA, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, who heads Japan's largest business lobby the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, attends a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya in central Japan on Nov. 17, 2014. Sakakibara said Keidanren would accept Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's possible decision to delay a second consumption tax hike.

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Business community looking to accept more foreign workers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara gives a speech at a Tokyo seminar organized by Kyodo News on Oct. 24, 2014. He said Japan should accept more foreign workers to address labor shortages in the economy.

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Keidanren head urges Abe to stick with woman policy

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of the Japan Business Federation or Keidanren, speaks at a press conference in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Oct. 20, 2014, urging the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stick with its policy of empowering women in society despite the recent resignation of two female Cabinet ministers.

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Japan business leaders speak after meeting Chinese official

BEIJING, China - Sadayuki Sakakibara (R), chairman of Japan's most influential business lobby Keidanren, and Fujio Cho, head of the Japan-China Economic Association, meet reporters in Beijing on Sept. 24, 2014, after conferring with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang.

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Japan business delegation in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (R) holds talks with Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Japan's most influential business lobby Keidanren, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Sept. 24, 2014.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Zhu Zhixin (C), a vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, is flanked by Fujio Cho (L), Toyota Motor Corp. honorary chairman, and Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Japan's largest business lobby Keidanren, ahead of their talks in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Japan's largest business lobby Keidanren, speaks with reporters after arriving in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2014. Sakakibara is a member of a delegation of around 200 executives from major Japanese firms to the Chinese capital.

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Keidanren to request extending support for Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), speaks at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 9, 2014. Sakakibara said he will urge the government to extend the 5-year intensive reconstruction period for damage caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after a meeting with business leaders in the Tohoku region.

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Keidanren chief visits Onagawa nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (C), chairman of Keidanren or Japan Business Federation, answer questions from reporters on July 8, 2014, after inspecting Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture.

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Keidanren chief meets economic policy minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), new chairman of Keidanren, greets Akira Amari, minister in charge of economic revitalization, at a hotel in Tokyo on June 18, 2014, before their talks on economic policy.

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New Keidanren head talks with economic policy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), speaks during his first meeting with economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari at a Tokyo hotel on June 18, 2014. Sakakibara replaced Hiromasa Yonekura on June 3.

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Economic policy minister meets with new Keidanren head

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari (far R) speaks at a meeting with members of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) at a Tokyo hotel on June 18, 2014, held for the first time since Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from front L) assumed the Keidanren chairmanship on June 3.

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Keidanren chairman Sakakibara at press conference

OSAKA, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), speaks at a press conference in Osaka City on June 10, 2014, after a meeting to exchange opinions with Keidanren's member companies in the Kansai region.

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Sakakibara becomes new Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara, new chairman of Keidanren, (Japan Business Federation), gives a press conference following a general meeting in Tokyo on June 3, 2014.

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Yonekura succeeded by Sakakibara as Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura speaks at a regular general meeting in Tokyo on June 3, 2014. He was succeeded by Sadayuki Sakakibara the same day.

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New Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara holds a press conference in Tokyo after a general meeting of the Japan Business Federation on June 3, 2014. The chairman of fiber and textile maker Toray Industries Inc. assumed the chairmanship of the business lobby known as Keidanren.

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New Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (R), new chairman of the Japan Business Federation, shakes hands with Hiromasa Yonekura in Tokyo on June 3, 2014. Sakakibara succeeded Yonekura as head of the business lobby known as Keidanren.

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Keidanren chairman Yonekura at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2014. He emphasized the importance of the business community's efforts to improve relations with China and South Korea. Yonekura will be succeeded by Sadayuki Sakakibara in early June.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. Sakakibara will succeed Hiromasa Yonekura in June as chief of Japan's most influential business lobby.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. To his right is Hiromasa Yonekura, the current chairman of Japan's most influential business lobby. Sakakibara will succeed Yonekura in June.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (L), the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, shakes hands with Hiromasa Yonekura, the current chairman of Japan's most influential business lobby, before a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. Sakakibara will succeed Yonekura in June.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. Sakakibara will succeed Hiromasa Yonekura in June as chief of Japan's most influential business lobby.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2014. Keidanren announced the same day it has decided to appoint Sakakibara as the next chief of Japan's most influential business lobby.

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Next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Toray Industries Inc. Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2014. Keidanren announced the same day it has decided to appoint Sakakibara as the next chief of Japan's most influential business lobby.

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Toray chairman to become next Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Toray Industries Inc. Japan's most influential business lobby Keidanren plans to appoint Sakakibara as its next chairman, replacing Hiromasa Yonekura, Keidanren officials said Jan. 9, 2014.

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Toray, Uniqlo ink apparel business tie-up agreement

TOKYO, Japan - Uniqlo Co. Chairman and President Tadashi Yanai (L) and Toray Industries Inc. President Sadayuki Sakakibara pose for a photo after announcing a comprehensive business tie-up agreement at a press conference in Tokyo on June 19.

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Sakakibara to succeed Hirai as Toray president

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (R), executive vice president of Toray Industries Inc., gives a news conference at a Tokyo hotel April 1 with President Katsuhiko Hirai. Sakakibara, 59, will succeed Hirai, 62, following a shareholders meeting in June. Hirai will become vice chairman.

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Report on Nissan's governance

YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Sadayuki Sakakibara (R) and Seiichiro Nishioka, who jointly head an external committee tasked by Nissan Motor Co. to enhance its corporate governance, meet the press in Yokohama on March 27, 2019. In its final report released earlier in the day, the committee urged the automaker to abolish the post of company chairman and strengthen supervisory powers of the board, saying concentration of authority in former boss Carlos Ghosn led to his alleged financial misconduct.

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Sakakibara to succeed Hirai as Toray president

TOKYO, Japan - Sadayuki Sakakibara (R), executive vice president of Toray Industries Inc., gives a news conference at a Tokyo hotel April 1 with President Katsuhiko Hirai. Sakakibara, 59, will succeed Hirai, 62, following a shareholders meeting in June. Hirai will become vice chairman.

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Toray, Uniqlo ink apparel business tie-up agreement

TOKYO, Japan - Uniqlo Co. Chairman and President Tadashi Yanai (L) and Toray Industries Inc. President Sadayuki Sakakibara pose for a photo after announcing a comprehensive business tie-up agreement at a press conference in Tokyo on June 19. (Kyodo)

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Keidanren chief asks firms to raise wages to fight deflation

Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara addresses at a meeting of labor and management of major companies on Jan. 26, 2015, in Tokyo. He called on the management to raise wages to fight deflation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business leaders urge PM Abe to ensure Japan's TPP ratification

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a request in Tokyo on July 13, 2016, from Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, alongside Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urging Abe to work toward early ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact signed with 11 other nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 business leaders urge flexible fiscal policy, digital innovation

Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, speaks at a joint press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2016, after the end of the so-called B-7 summit, a meeting of business leaders from the Group of Seven countries. They called on policymakers to carry out flexible fiscal policy as the global economy is "far from reassuring." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 business leaders urge flexible fiscal policy, digital innovation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) receives proposal documents from Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 21, 2016. Earlier, business leaders from the Group of Seven countries held the so-called B-7 summit and called on policymakers to carry out flexible fiscal policy as the global economy is "far from reassuring." (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business chiefs vow to help Japan exit from deflation

(From L) Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, join hands during a New Year's meeting organized by the three business bodies at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Business chiefs vow to do part to help Japan exit from deflation

Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, speaks at news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2016, after a New Year's celebration organized by Keidanren, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, known as Keizai Doyukai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief to seek pay hikes

Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, meets with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2015, after a meeting between the government and the private sector. Sakakibara said he will call on the member companies to raise wages in line with a request from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan firms officially decide to change recruitment rules

Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of Keidanren, Japan's most influential business lobby, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2015. Keidanren officially decided on bringing forward the date for its member companies to launch their recruitment interviews with seniors in universities to June from August, Sakakibara said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China CEO summit held in Tokyo

Sadayuki Sakakibara (L in front), chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, addresses a meeting of Japanese and Chinese business leaders in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2015. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R in front) also attended the so-called Japan-China CEO summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief Sakakibara attends press conference

Sadayuki Sakakibara, the chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2015. The powerful business lobby has decided to allow companies to start job interviews for college students in June, up from August under the current system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Keidanren chief Sakakibara attends press conference

Sadayuki Sakakibara, the chairman of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2015. The powerful business lobby has decided to allow companies to start job interviews for college students in June, up from August under the current system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo