Japan Business Federation
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Japan Business Federation (日本経済団体連合会 Nippon Keizaidantairengoukai) is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946) and Nikkeiren (Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, established 1948). Its 1,662 members consist of 1,343 companies, 130 industrial associations, and 47 regional economic organizations (as of June 22, 2007)[1].
For most of the post-war period, the Keidanren has been the voice of big business in Japan and is generally considered the most conservative of the country's three major economic organizations. The other two organizations are the Japan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Japan Committee for Economic Development (経済同友会).
According to the organization's official website, the mission of the Keidanren is to: accelerate growth of Japan's and world economy and to strengthen the corporations to create additional value to transform Japanese economy into one that is sustainable and driven by the private sector, by encouraging the idea of individuals and local communities.
The current chairman is Fujio Mitarai of Canon Inc.
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[edit] Chairman and Vice Chairmen
Since May 24, 2005
- Chairman
- Fujio Mitarai - Chairman & CEO of Canon
- Vice Chairmen
- Fujio Cho - Chairman of the Board of Toyota
- Akio Mimura - Representative Director and Chairman of Nippon Steel
- Fumiaki Watari - Chairman of the Board of Nippon Oil
- Mikio Sasaki - Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Corporation
- Kunio Nakamura - Chairman of the Board of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
- Tomijiro Morita - Chairman of the Board of The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Shoei Utsuda - President & CEO of Mitsui & Co.
- Sadayuki Sakakibara - President, CEO & COO of Toray
- Terunobu Maeda - President & CEO of Mizuho Financial Group
- Kazuo Furukawa - President of Hitachi, Ltd.
- Kazuo Tsukuda - Chairman of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Junichi Ujiie - Chairman of Nomura Holdings
- Yoji Ohashi - Chairman of the Board of All Nippon Airways
- Hiromichi Iwasa - President and CEO of Mitsui Fudosan
- Masataka Shimizu - President of The Tokyo Electric Power Company
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), a similar European business association
[edit] External links
- Daimon, Sayuri, "The all-powerful voice of corporate Japan", Japan Times, June 16, 2009, p. 3.</ref>
- http://www.keidanren.or.jp/
- http://www.keidanren-usa.org/
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