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Japan's top business lobby chief Tsutsui

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, gives an interview in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

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Japan's top business lobby chief Tsutsui

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, gives an interview in Tokyo on May 28, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Japan's top business lobby chief Tsutsui

TOKYO, Japan, May 30 Kyodo - Yoshinobu Tsutsui, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 29, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan's top business lobby chief Tsutsui

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 29, 2025.

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Japan business chief meets with Wen

BEIJING, China - Fujio Mitarai (L), president of the Japan Business Federation, and Chinese Premier Web Jiabao meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 12, 2010. Wen called for speeding up work toward the signing of a trilateral free trade agreement involving the two countries and South Korea in the meeting with the outgoing chief of the top Japanese business lobby.

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Japan business chief meets with Wen

BEIJING, China - Fujio Mitarai (L), president of the Japan Business Federation, and Chinese Premier Web Jiabao shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 12, 2010. Wen called for speeding up work toward the signing of a trilateral free trade agreement involving the two countries and South Korea in the meeting with the outgoing chief of the top Japanese business lobby.

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Ruling bloc gets low scores on implementation of 2005 manifesto

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting of nine groups, including a business lobby, think tanks and a labor union, to evaluate policy implementation of the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito party. The ruling coalition was given an average score of 46, out of a possible top score of 100, regarding whether it has fulfilled policy proposals made in its manifesto for the general election in 2005.

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Japan's top business lobby upgrades support for LDP policies

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks during a news conference at the federation's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 12. He said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policies ''are generally in line with'' those of the federation, the country's most influential business lobby, making it clear that the organization continues to favor the LDP over the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Top business lobby set to strengthen influence on politics

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses a general assembly of his organization in Tokyo on May 27. Okuda said the nation's most powerful business lobby will seek to have a greater say in politics by resuming its involvement in monetary donations to politicians.

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Japan's top business lobby upgrades support for LDP policies

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks during a news conference at the federation's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 12. He said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policies ''are generally in line with'' those of the federation, the country's most influential business lobby, making it clear that the organization continues to favor the LDP over the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan business chief meets with Wen

BEIJING, China - Fujio Mitarai (L), president of the Japan Business Federation, and Chinese Premier Web Jiabao shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 12, 2010. Wen called for speeding up work toward the signing of a trilateral free trade agreement involving the two countries and South Korea in the meeting with the outgoing chief of the top Japanese business lobby. (Kyodo)

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Japan business chief meets with Wen

BEIJING, China - Fujio Mitarai (L), president of the Japan Business Federation, and Chinese Premier Web Jiabao meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 12, 2010. Wen called for speeding up work toward the signing of a trilateral free trade agreement involving the two countries and South Korea in the meeting with the outgoing chief of the top Japanese business lobby. (Kyodo)

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Top business lobby set to strengthen influence on politics

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses a general assembly of his organization in Tokyo on May 27. Okuda said the nation's most powerful business lobby will seek to have a greater say in politics by resuming its involvement in monetary donations to politicians. (Kyodo)