Executives' Comments What's New

• June 11, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Nakanishi's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * G7 Summit
  * Japan-US Economic Relations
  * Trade Issues
  * US-North Korea Summit
  * Niigata Gubernatorial Election
  * University Reforms
  * Welcoming More Foreign Workers

• May 21, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Looking Back on Four Years as Chairman
  * Working Style Reform
  * The Relationship between Business and Politics

• May 7, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Keidanren Vision
  * Monetary Policy
  * Corporate Advisers
  * Hopes for the Japan-China-South Korea Summit
  * Japan-China Relations
  * Japan-South Korea Relations
  * North Korean Issue
  * Situation in the Diet

• April 23, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Trade Issues with the US
  * Protecting and Promoting the Content Industry
  * Companies Act
  * North Korean Issue
  * Ministry of Finance Scandals

• April 9, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Trade Issues
  * Expectations for BoJ Governor Kuroda's Second Term
  * Working Style Reform
  * Government Scandals
  * Corporate Advisers
  * North Korean Situation

• March 26, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * US Trade Policy
  * Moritomo Gakuen Scandal
  * Constitutional Reform

• March 12, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Announcement of Vice Chair Candidates for the Board of Councillors
  * Recruitment and Employment of New College Graduates
  * Spring Labor-Management Wage Dialogues
  * North Korean Issue
  * Moritomo Gakuen Scandal

• February 26, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Bill on Working Style Reform
  * Spring Labor-Management Wage Dialogues
  * Quality Control Problems
  * Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

• February 13, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Announcement of Vice Chair Candidates
  * Economic Situation
  * Revision of the Companies Act
  * Premium Friday
  * Japan-US Relations
  * North Korean Situation

• February 13, 2018 Press Conferences
  Statements and Comments of Chairman Sakakibara and Chairman Candidate Nakanishi at the February 13 Joint Press Conference
• January 22, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Spring Labor-Management Wage Dialogues
  * Rectifying Long Working Hours
  * Exemption of Highly Skilled Workers from Job Performance Evaluation based on Working Hours
  * Bank of Japan 2% Inflation Target
  * Expectations for the Diet Session
  * Osaka World Expo Bid

• January 9, 2018 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Provisional Nomination of Candidates for Next Keidanren Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Councillors
  * One Year on from President Trump's Inauguration

• January 1, 2018 Speech by Chairman
  Pushing Forward to an Economy with GDP of 600 Trillion Yen
  -- New Year Message from the Chairman of Keidanren --
• December 18, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Secondary Employment and Side Jobs
  * U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
  * Suspension of Operation at Ikata No. 3 Nuclear Reactor
  * Issue Regarding Construction Work for the Chuo Shinkansen Bullet Train
  * One Belt One Road Initiative

• December 4, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Response to Quality Control Irregularities
  * Spring Labor-Management Wage Dialogues
  * Request for Increased Corporate Contributions to Childcare Policy
  * Tax Reform
  * U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
  * Japan-China Relations

• November 27, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Corporate Contributions to Childcare Policy
  * Tax Reform
  * Restarting the Nuclear Power Plants
  * Corporate Scandals
  * 1997 Financial Crisis

• November 11, 2017 Comment by Chairman
  Chairman Sakakibara's Statement on the TPP-11 Nations Ministerial Agreement on Core Elements of CPTPP
• November 8, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Revision of the Charter of Corporate Behavior
  * Corporates' Contributions to Childcare Policy
  * Economic Situation
  * Corporate tax system
  * Trans-Pacific Partnership
  * Japan-China Relations

• October 23, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Results of the House of Representatives Election
  * Evaluation of Policies
  * Economic Situation
  * Revival of the Tohoku Region
  * Premium Friday
  * Japan-US Relations
  * Constitutional Reform
  * Corporate Scandals

• October 10, 2017 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * House of Representatives Election
  * Retained Earnings
  * TPP 11
  * Japan-U.S. Relations
  * Revision of the Charter of Corporate Behavior
  * Evaluation of Political Parties' Policies
  * Corporate Scandals

2017 Executives' Comments