thejapantimes, 2 months ago to business

In a speech Sunday, Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, said the nation's economy has been on an upward trend on the back of robust wage growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/17/economy/keidanren-chief-efforts-to-end-deflation/ #business #economy #keidanren #japaneseeconomy #wages #boj

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

A group of 12 people filed lawsuits on Friday with the district courts of Tokyo and Sapporo to contest the constitutionality of Japan's controversial requirement that married couples have the same surnames. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/08/japan/crime-legal/separate-surnames-lawsuit/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #marriage #keidanren #tokyo #nagano #hokkaido

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to Japan

The chairman of Japan's biggest business lobby, Keidanren, has expressed his explicit support for the introduction of a system to allow married couples to use separate surnames. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/14/japan/society/keidanren-chief-separate-surnames/ #japan #society #keidanren #names #women039sissues #workstylereform

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to business

China pledged to improve the operating environment for foreign firms, the head of Japan’s biggest business lobby said, in a sign of Beijing’s latest effort to lift sentiment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/01/25/japan-biz-leaders-china-visit/?utm_content=bufferbae19&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #chinajapanrelations #keidanren #masakazutokura #liqiang

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to business

Japan's biggest business lobby, Keidanren, and trade unions officially started annual labor talks on Wednesday that may pave the way for the central bank to exit its decadelong loose monetary policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/01/24/japan-wage-talks-start/?utm_content=bufferd9008&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #wages #keidanren #japaneseeconomy

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to business

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has stepped up his efforts to encourage companies to hike pay, meeting with union and business leaders as annual spring wage negotiations kick into high gear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/01/23/economy/kishida-wage-hike-talks/?utm_content=buffer83e3f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #wages #jobs #japaneseeconomy #inflation #fumiokishida #rengo #keidanren

thejapantimes, 4 months ago to business

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked firms to raise wages at a faster pace than this year, as Japan's economy is at a crossroads in completely emerging from deflation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/25/kishida-firms-higher-wages/?utm_content=buffer7e7d6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #wages #keidanren #fumiokishida #japaneseeconomy #boj #kazuoueda

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to business

Japan's biggest business lobby plans to urge major corporations to consider wage increases at next year's negotiations with "enthusiasm and determination stronger than this year," signaling its intention to seek pay hikes of over 4%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/11/06/keidanren-ua-zensen-wage-negotiations/?utm_content=bufferb1e24&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #keidanren #rengo #unions #uazensen #wages #inflation #shunto

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to business

Japanese business leaders have welcomed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle for its diversity, and have urged the leader to push forward measures to contain rising prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/14/economy/cabinet-reshuffle-business-reaction/?utm_content=buffer7f494&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #fumiokishida #cabinet #keidanren

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to business

Japanese business leaders will visit China in January for the first time since 2019 following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a meeting with top Chinese leaders expected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/02/economy/japan-business-leaders-china-visit-january/?utm_content=buffer101e4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #chinajapanrelations #china #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #keidanren

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to news

Private-sector and government initiatives in Japan are seeking to equip the nation's startups with the knowledge and contacts to be successful overseas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/17/business/startups-overseas-success-initiatives/?utm_content=buffer1d896&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #business #keidanren #startups #jetro #sendai