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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

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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

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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

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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

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2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations

2026 New Year Celebration Party of the Three Economic Organizations. Photo shows Akio Yamaguchi, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.=January 6,2026,Tokyo

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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

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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Protest over top court's decision over ex-TEPCO executives

People stage a protest rally in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on March 8, 2025, after Japan's top court recently rejected an appeal seeking criminal charges against three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over their alleged failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Three economic organizations Press Conference 2025

Three economic organizations press conference 2025. Photo shows (from left) Ken Kobayashi, President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Takeshi Niinami, Representative Secretary of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Doyukai), and Masakazu Tokura, Chairman of Keidanren, shaking hands after the press conference.=January 7,2025,Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

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Three Economic Organizations 2025 New Year's Celebration Party

New Year's Celebration Party for the Three Economic Organizations in 2025. Photo shows, from left, Ken Kobayashi, President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI); Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, guest of honor; Takeshi Niinami, Representative Director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Doyukai); and Masakazu Tokura, Chairman of Keidanren.=January 7,2025,Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

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New Year business party in Tokyo

Takeshi Niinami, chairperson of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, addresses a New Year party, hosted by three major Japanese business organizations, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2025.

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Nobel Peace Prize event in Oslo

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 12 Kyodo - Jiro Hamasumi (far L), who was exposed to radiation while in his mother's womb when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and a deputy secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group, speaks during an event to share his experience at Kuben high school in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the group received the Nobel Peace Prize. (Kyodo)

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Michelin Key hotels in Japan

Gwendal Poullennec (3rd from R), international director of the Michelin Guide, and executives from luxury hotels across Japan awarded a three-Michelin Key rating pose for a photo in Tokyo on June 4, 2024, during an event to announce the first list of hotels under the guide's new rating system for hotels. Six hotels in Japan were listed as three-key hotels.

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New Year meeting of major business lobbies

Takeshi Niinami, chairman of the Japan Association of Cooperate Executives, holds a news conference after attending a New Year meeting hosted by Japan's three major business organizations in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Overseas shipping companies see burgeoning potential for China's shipping industry

STORY: Overseas shipping companies see burgeoning potential for China's shipping industry SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 16, 2023/file DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tianjin International Shipping Industry Expo 2023 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GEORGE XIRADAKIS, President of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of the Hellenic Shipping 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEXANDER V.CHIDIAC, Managing Partner of Iskandar Group 4. various of Tianjin Port 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG BAOCHEN, Executive Vice Chairman of China Institute of Navigation (CIN) STORYLINE: The Tianjin International Shipping Industry Expo has been held in China's Tianjin, featuring the theme of "Shipping throughout the world, leading the future." The three-day event has attracted hundreds of exhibitors from 22 countries and regions, showcasing the latest scientific research achievements, equipment, software technology and international cooperation opportunitie

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Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections

STORY: Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operation in Diyarbakir province STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The operation was launched in 21 provinces including the southeastern Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir province. The arrests included those masterminding nearly 60 street protests taken place since 2017, financing the PKK, promoting the group through media or its outlets, and some lawyers and association executives suspected of ties, according to the report. The operation came three weeks ahead of the key elections on May 14 in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would seek to extend his two-decade rule. The PKK, listed as a terror organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has been rebelling ag

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Chinese modernization means opportunities for world: experts

STORY: Chinese modernization means opportunities for world: experts DATELINE: March 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY D. SACHS, Professor, Director of Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KNUT HALVOR ALFSEN, Senior researcher at Center for Int'l Climate and Environmental Research Oslo 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PAUL TRIOLO, Senior vice president for China and Technology Policy Lead at Albright Stonebridge Group STORYLINE: The China Development Forum 2023 concluded in Beijing on Monday. Themed "Economic Recovery: Opportunities and Cooperation," the three-day forum focuses on opportunities in the Chinese market, the stabilization of global industrial chains, and the green transition. It attracts over 100 overseas delegates, including executives from leading multinationals, overseas scholars, and representatives from international organizations, to discuss new op

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Abe, Japan business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks during his talks with the heads of Japan's three major business lobbies -- Yasuchika Hasegawa (far L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Hiromasa Yonekura (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and Tadashi Okamura (3rd from L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2013.

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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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Abe appoints 3 top LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd L) poses with three newly appointed top Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 27. From left to right: Taro Aso, LDP secretary general; Abe; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; and Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council.

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Abe names 3 top LDP executive posts

TOKYO, Japan - Lineup of three top Liberal Democratic Party executives named by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 27. From left to right: Outgoing Foreign Minister Taro Aso as LDP secretary general; Toshihiro Nikai as chairman of the LDP General Council; and Nobuteru Ishihara as chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council

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Abe names new LDP leadership before Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on way to his office at the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo in the morning of Aug. 27 to unveil a new lineup of the party's three top executives. A new Cabinet is scheduled to be named in the afternoon.

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3 ex-TEPCO execs judged to merit indictment on nuke disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai (C), an attorney representing people who sought a review of the prosecution's judgment on six former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives, and others meet the press in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, about a decision by a committee for the inquest of prosecution that three of them deserve indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kawai, an attorney representing those who sought criminal responsibility of Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014, after an independent judicial panel of citizens decided that the three former TEPCO executives merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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3 business lobbies call for early conclusion of TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - The heads of Japan's three main business lobbies -- (from L to R) Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, submit a petition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2014. The petition called for the early conclusion of negotiations on the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Photo shows a presentation on Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics during the "Sportaccord Convention " in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 30, 2013. Representatives of the three candidate cities -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid -- were at the international sports seminar to make presentations before International Olympic Committee executives.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose delivers a presentation for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics during the "Sportaccord Convention" in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 30, 2013. Representatives of the three candidate cities -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid -- were at the international sports seminar to make presentations before International Olympic Committee executives.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose delivers a presentation for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics during the "Sportaccord Convention" in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 30, 2013. Representatives of the three candidate cities -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid -- were at the international sports seminar to make presentations before International Olympic Committee executives.

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Japan business lobby leaders

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7, 2013. The heads of Japan's three major business lobbies gathered for a New Year's reception and the press conference.

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Business leaders criticize gov't nuclear power phaseout policy

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, jointly hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2012. The leaders of the Japan's three major business groups criticized the government for setting a target of completely phasing out nuclear power, warning it will seriously affect the economy.

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Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2012. Prosecutors arrested Hiroyoshi Yoshioka, a former SMBC Nikko Securities executive officer, and three others over alleged insider trading.

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Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts.

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New Gundam series unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. and animation creators line up during a promotional event in Tokyo to unveil the story and characters of Mobile Suit Gundam ''AGE,'' the first new series of the popular Japanese sci-fi animation since 2007, on June 13, 2011. The 14th animation series, to be broadcast on TV in Japan from October, features a three-generation family story centering on a technology-savvy boy who develops the AGE combat robot system that can evolve itself through battles, the company said.

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Business leaders urge Japan to join Pacific FTA negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese business leaders (From L to R) -- Masamitsu Sakurai, head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Tadashi Okamura, leader of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation -- take part in a meeting hosted by the three organizations in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010. The participants called on the government to announce its intention to join negotiations for a U.S.-backed multilateral trans-Pacific free trade agreement at an upcoming summit in Japan of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Sumo stablemaster Kise acknowledges ties with gang member

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Kise speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2010, about his ties with a gang member. Kise said he told an executives' meeting of the Japan Sumo Association in May that he had ties with a gang member until about three years ago.

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3 Mizuho banking group leaders to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chairman Terunobu Maeda, Mizuho Corporate Bank Chairman Hiroshi Saito and Mizuho Bank Chairman Seiji Sugiyama. Industry sources said May 11, 2010, the three executives are planning to retire after leading the group since its inauguration through a merger of three major banks in 2002.

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Uneasy LDP becoming more animated in satirical attacks on DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - In an image taken from an animated video clip by the governing Liberal Democratic Party, four men in silhouette who look like executives of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan call themselves the ''Burefo'' (Wavering Four). In the scene, the LDP criticizes DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama and his three deputies -- Naoto Kan, Ichiro Ozawa and Katsuya Okada -- for lacking coherence in their policies over key diplomatic and domestic issues.

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JSA suspends 3 wrestlers indicted over death of junior wrestler

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 6 after the end of an extraordinary meeting of JSA executives. The JSA decided to suspend from competition three wrestlers indicted for the assault and subsequent death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler last June.

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JSA suspends 3 wrestlers indicted over death of junior wrestler

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi (R) speaks at a news conference in Osaka on March 6 after the end of an extraordinary meeting of JSA executives. The JSA decided to suspend from competition three wrestlers indicted for the assault and subsequent death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler last June. At left is stablemaster Tokitsukaze, whose predecessor allegedly instructed the wrestlers to beat Takashi Saito.

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Business leaders upbeat on economy despite high oil prices, stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Masamitsu Sakurai, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, and Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hold a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7 following the three organizations' New Year's reception. The heads of Japan's major business lobbies expressed optimism about the outlook for the Japanese economy.

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Nikko Cordial to seek 3.1 bil. yen damages from 3 former execs

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial Corp. President Shoji Kuwashima (C) bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27 after the brokerage submitted a corrected version of its financial statements to the Finance Ministry following an accounting fraud late last year. The company said it will file a lawsuit against three former top group executives to seek a total of 3.1 billion yen ($25.94 million) in damages for their alleged involvement in the fraud.

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Matsushita recalls 68,000 massage chairs, citing fire risk

OSAKA, Japan - Three Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. executives apologize at a press conference on Jan. 31 after announcing the company will recall some 68,000 massage chairs, as there is a risk they may catch fire.

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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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New LDP leader Abe names top party executives

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe enters the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 25. Abe later named the party's top three executives.

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Shareholders to launch damages suit against Livedoor in late May

TOKYO, Japn - Three lawyers representing some 1,000 shareholders in Livedoor Co. hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 13. They said their clients will launch a damages suit in late May against the Internet firm and its former executives in a bid to recover their losses from a sharp fall in its stock price following allegations of accounting fraud.

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Horie faces fresh arrest, Livedoor's future in doubt

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Hiramatsu, president of Livedoor Co., speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 22 after Takafumi Horie, the company's former president, and three other former executives were served fresh arrest warrants on suspicion of inflating Livedoor group earnings.