• December 21, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Fiscal 2016 budget, fiscal consolidation
  * BOJ's supplementary credit easing
  * Expansion of domestic fixed investment
  * Business restructuring
  * Lower tax rate
  * ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
  * Defense budget
  * Acquittal of Sankei's ex-Seoul bureau chief

• December 7, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Wage increase
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Corporate tax reform
  * Issue of non-regular employment
  * Minimum wage
  * Political donations
  * Mission to India

• November 24, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Capital investment
  * Wage increase
  * Companies' retained earnings
  * Understanding of the current state of the economy
  * Reduce burden of consumption tax hike
  * Infrastructure exports
  * Political donations

• November 9, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Public-private dialogue
  * Supplementary budget
  * Corporate ethics
  * Measure to reduce burden of rise in consumption tax

• October 27, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Measure to decrease burden arising from rise in consumption tax
  * Spring management-labor negotiations
  * National council to promote dynamic engagement of all citizens
  * Japan-China relations

• October 13, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Requests to new Cabinet
  * Assessment of political party policies
  * Companies' retained earnings
  * Corporate tax
  * Consumption tax
  * Exporting infrastructure
  * Chinese economy
  * Japan-Iran relations

• October 5, 2015 Comment by Chairman
  Chairman Sakakibara's comment on the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
• September 28, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * New three arrows of Abenomics
  * Economic situation and economic measures
  * Measure to decrease burden arising from increase in consumption tax
  * TPP
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Political donations
  * Security legislation
  * Overseas transfer of defense equipment

• September 7, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Economic situation
  * Reduced consumption tax rates
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Labor legislation
  * LDP presidential election
  * Security legislation
  * Toshiba's accounting scandal

• July 6, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Greek debt crisis
  * Mission to the United States

• June 29, 2015 Speech by Chairman
  Chairman Sakakibara's speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• June 22, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Mission to the United States
  * Japan-Republic of Korea relations

• June 8, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Economic situation
  * G7

• June 2, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference

• May 26, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Situation of Japanese economy

• May 11, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Restoring fiscal health
  * Security legislation

• April 20, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * TPP negotiations

• April 6, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Energy, and global warming
  * Wage increases
  * Mission to Indonesia

• March 23, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Passing of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
  * Japan-China-S. Korea foreign ministers meeting

• March 9, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
  * Economic Situation in Japan

• February 23, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Recruitment and employment of new college graduates
  * Civil Code Reform

• February 9, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * New Keidanren officer candidates
  * Reform of Japan's agricultural cooperatives

• January 26, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Regular Diet Session
  * The European Economy

• January 13, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * Fiscal Soundness

• January 6, 2015 Press Conferences

  Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments at His Press Conference
  * The Japanese economy

• January 1, 2015 Speech by Chairman
  New Year Message from the Chairman of Keidanren

2014 Executives' Comments

Executives' Comments