PM Abe at Keidanren general meeting

PM Abe at Keidanren general meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a regular general meeting of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) in Tokyo on June 3, 2014. He said the government will continue to exert efforts to realize economic revitalization and a virtuous economic cycle.

Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) speaks at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on March 30 of a prime ministerial advisory panel to discuss Japan's goals in the next century. The 16-member panel will eventually compile a report on ways to realize a ''prosperous and virtuous'' nation in the 21st century.

Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) speaks at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on March 30 of a prime ministerial advisory panel to discuss Japan's goals in the next century. The 16-member panel will eventually compile a report on ways to realize a ''prosperous and virtuous'' nation in the 21st century. ==Kyodo

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Representatives of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, (R) meet with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, on Jan. 29, 2015, in Tokyo. The focus of their meeting was on if they could achieve wage hikes larger than last year's to create a virtuous economic cycle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe attends Kendanren general meeting

PM Abe attends Kendanren general meeting

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) addresses the general meeting of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, besides its chief Sadayuki Sakakibara in Tokyo on June 2, 2015. Abe said his "Abenomics" policies will enter a new stage to create a virtuous cycle of the economy and urged further business investment by the private sector. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe attends Kendanren general meeting

PM Abe attends Kendanren general meeting

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Sadayuki Sakakibara, chief of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, during its general meeting in Tokyo on June 2, 2015. In his address, Abe said his "Abenomics" policies will enter a new stage to create a virtuous cycle of the economy and urged further business investment by the private sector. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Apple to build R&D facility in Yokohama

Apple to build R&D facility in Yokohama

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi announces at a press conference on March 25, 2015, that U.S. computer maker Apple Inc. plans to build a technology development facility at a former Panasonic Corp. plant site in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. "Apple's presence could trigger a virtuous cycle where new values and industries will be created," Hayashi said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Representatives of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, (R) meet with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, on Jan. 29, 2015, in Tokyo. The focus of their meeting was on if they could achieve wage hikes larger than last year's to create a virtuous economic cycle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, makes a speech at a meeting with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2015. The focus of their meeting was on if they could achieve wage hikes larger than last year's to create a virtuous economic cycle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Labor, management meet over pay hike

Nobuaki Koga (front), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, speaks at a meeting with members of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2015. The focus of their meeting was on if they could achieve wage hikes larger than last year's to create a virtuous economic cycle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese literary awards winners

Japanese literary awards winners

(From R) Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after Imamura won the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt), and Oshima won the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese literary awards winners

Japanese literary awards winners

(From R) Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after Imamura won the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt), and Oshima won the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese literary awards winners

Japanese literary awards winners

(From R) Natsuko Imamura and Masumi Oshima pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after Imamura won the Akutagawa Prize for her novel "Murasaki no Sukato no Onna" (The woman in the purple skirt), and Oshima won the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese literary award winner

Japanese literary award winner

Masumi Oshima speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after winning the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese literary award winner

Japanese literary award winner

Masumi Oshima speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2019, after winning the Naoki Prize for "Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi" (Whirlpool, husband and wife mountains: a mirror of virtuous women, requiem). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo