Keidanren chief Nakanishi to step down in June due to illness Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Kyodo, Jiji May 10, 2021
The Japan Business Federation said Monday Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., will replace Hiroaki Nakanishi as the head of a powerful business lobby on June 1, due to Nakanishi’s ongoing battle with lymphoma.
Tokura, 70, will assume the post when the lobby, also known as Keidanren, holds a regular general meeting next month.
Nakanishi, 75, who is also executive chairman of industrial conglomerate Hitachi Ltd., has been hospitalized since last July due to a recurrence of lymphoma but had continued working remotely.
Tokura to replace Nakanishi as Japan Business Federation chief in June
May 10, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., seen in this file photo, will replace Hiroaki Nakanishi as head of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, as Nakanishi is to step down on June 1, 2021, due to an ongoing battle with lymphoma, sources familiar with the matter said on May 10. (Kyodo)
Hiroaki Nakanishi (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) The Japan Business Federation said Monday that Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., will replace Hiroaki Nakanishi as head of the powerful business lobby also known as Keidanren on June 1 due to Nakanishi s ongoing battle with lymphoma.
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Tomoko Namba, founder and chair of DeNA Co., has become first woman to be named vice chair of the powerful business lobby Keidanren. | BLOOMBERG
Kyodo Mar 9, 2021
The Japan Business Federation has appointed Tomoko Namba, founder and chairwoman of online service provider DeNA Co., as the first female vice chair in its 75-year history.
But Namba will be the only woman to occupy one of the 20 vice chair posts in Japan’s most powerful business lobby with the rest held by men, reflecting the country’s male-dominated business circle that is lagging behind other countries in promoting gender equality.