Keidanren chairman Tsutsui

Keidanren chairman Tsutsui

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, expressing his intention to cooperate with the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to promote its policies following the Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo meeting. Photo shows Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (center) delivering remarks.=January 27,2026,Tokyo

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo meeting. Photo shows Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (center) delivering remarks.=January 27,2026,Tokyo

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo Roundtable

Keidanren and Rengo meeting. Photo shows Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui.=January 27,2026,Tokyo

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui addresses a labor-management forum in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026.

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui addresses a labor-management forum in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026.

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui addresses a labor-management forum in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026.

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Labor-management forum in Tokyo

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui addresses a labor-management forum in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2026.

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Combined photo shows Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (L) and Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino holding talks in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui speaks to the press after a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 27, 2026, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively begin.

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (L) speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 27, 2026, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively begin.

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui (L) speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 27, 2026, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively begin.

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. Photo shows from left: Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren; Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations., the photo shows (from left) Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren; Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi; Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan–Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. the photo shows (from left) Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren; Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi; Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan–Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. Photo shows from left: Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren; Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. Photo shows Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. Photo shows Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. The photo shows, from left, Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren; Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan–Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives=January 6,2026,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Change Press Conference

JT President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from left, incoming President Takehiko Tsutsui and President Masamichi Terabatake.=November 25,2025,Tokyo

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Public Relations Awards Ceremony

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Public Relations Awards Ceremony

Economic Public Relations Center 41st Corporate Communications Awards Ceremony. photo shows Hiroshi Nanamatsu, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer, and Group CEO of Resona Holdings (left), recipient of the Grand Prize for Corporate Communications, and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of the Economic Public Relations Center (right).=September 29,2025,Tokyo

2028 WorldSkills Competition Japan Organizing Committee Establishment Event

2028 WorldSkills Competition Japan Organizing Committee Establishment Event

Event marking the establishment of the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2028 WorldSkills Competition. The photo shows, from left in the front row, Aichi Prefecture Governor Hideaki Omura, Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui, and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Takamaro Fukuoka.=August 7,2025,Tokyo

2028 WorldSkills Competition Japan Organizing Committee Establishment Event

2028 WorldSkills Competition Japan Organizing Committee Establishment Event

Event marking the establishment of the Japan Organizing Committee for the 2028 WorldSkills Competition. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren.=August 7,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's round-table meeting with Koizumi, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Photo Shows (from right) Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Chairman of Keidanren, and Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, being interviewed after the meeting.=June 17,2025,Minato-ku, Tokyo

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's roundtable meeting with Koizumi, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of Keidanren, addressing the opening of the meeting.=June 17,2025,Minato-ku, Tokyo

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Koizumi

Keidanren's roundtable meeting with Koizumi, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of Keidanren, addressing the opening of the meeting.=June 17,2025,Minato-ku, Tokyo

[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)

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Keidanren press conference after the annual general meeting. Photo shows Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Keidanren press conference after the annual general meeting. Photo shows Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren's Annual General Meeting in 2025. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, new chairman of Keidanren.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Keidanren press conference after the annual general meeting. Photo shows, from left, Vice President Masahiro Kihara, Vice President Hiroyuki Ogawa, President Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Vice President Takahito Tokita, and Vice President Koji Sato.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren's Annual General Meeting in 2025. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, new chairman of Keidanren.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren's Annual General Meeting in 2025. Photo shows, from right, new Keidanren President Yoshinobu Tsutsui and former Keidanren President Masakazu Tokura.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren Annual General Meeting (2025)

Keidanren's Annual General Meeting in 2025. Photo shows Yoshinobu Tsutsui, new chairman of Keidanren.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Press Conference after Keidanren's Annual General Meeting

Keidanren press conference after the annual general meeting. Photo shows, from left, Vice President Masahiro Kihara, Vice President Hiroyuki Ogawa, President Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Vice President Takahito Tokita, and Vice President Koji Sato.=May 29,2025,Tokyo

Japan's top business lobby chief Tsutsui

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.

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren press conference with Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui. Photo shows, from left, President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui and Chairman Masakazu Tokura.=March 25,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren press conference with Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui. Photo shows, from left, President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui and Chairman Masakazu Tokura.=March 25,2025,Tokyo

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui press conference

Keidanren press conference with Chairman Masakazu Tokura and President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui. Photo shows, from left, President-elect Yoshinobu Tsutsui and Chairman Masakazu Tokura.=March 25,2025,Tokyo

Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Co., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025, with the 70-year-old set to replace Masakazu Tokura as head of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren on May 29. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Yoshinobu Tsutsui, the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and the current chief Masakazu Tokura shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025. Tokura, 74, will step down on May 29. (Kyodo)

Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Co., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025, with the 70-year-old set to replace Masakazu Tokura as head of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren on May 29.

Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

Nippon Life Insurance chairman Tsutsui to head Keidanren

Yoshinobu Tsutsui (L), the incoming chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and the current chief Masakazu Tokura shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025. Tokura, 74, will step down on May 29.

China diplomat suspected of spying contacted Japanese official

China diplomat suspected of spying contacted Japanese official

TOKYO, Japan - Nobutaka Tsutsui, senior vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, answers questions from reporters in Tokyo on May 30, 2012. Tsutsui admitted to having met the Chinese diplomat suspected of spying and other unlawful activities.

Nippon Life's new president

Nippon Life's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Life Insurance Co. President Kunie Okamoto (L) and Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshinobu Tsutsui shake hands as they attended a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2011. The company said it has decided to name Tsutsui as new president on April 1, 2011, succeeding Okamoto, who will become chairman.