Nippon Keidanren

Nippon Keidanren
Seat	Tokyo , Japan
founding	August 16, 1946
president	Hiroaki Nakanishi
executive Director	Masakazu Kubota
Members	1'563
Employee	229
Website	www.keidanren.or.jp

Nippon Keidanren ( Japanese 日本経団連 ), short for Nippon Keizai Dantai Rengōkai ( 日本経済団体連合会 , German "Association of Japanese Business Organizations"), is the most important Japanese business association. He has an important voice in the Japanese government because he represents the common interests of all business associations in large-scale industry and the like. a. Representing the government through statements on foreign (economic) policy issues. Keidanren is seen as a kind of track two ( s ) for Japanese foreign trade policy.

Keidanren was founded in 1946 and is the most influential of the three largest business associations in Japan. The other two are the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Nissho and the association of young entrepreneurs for the economy Keizai Doyukai ( en ).

Keidanren has a total of 1,563 members, made up of 1,376 large companies, 109 national industry associations and 47 regional business associations (one per prefecture) (as of May 31, 2018). The association develops its ideas in 65 committees, which cover all relevant economic policy topics. Each committee is chaired by a senior economist. For example, the Committee on Europe is headed by Yoshio Sato , President of Sumitomo Life Insurance , and Hitoshi Ochi, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation .

In terms of importance, Keidanren is comparable to the Federation of German Industries (BDI) or, in Switzerland, to Economiesuisse .

Since May 2018, the Keidanren has been headed by the Chairman of the Hitachi Board of Directors , Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi .

Chairperson

Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of Keidanren

	Surname	Companies	time
1	Hiroshi Okuda	Toyota	2002-2006
2	Mitarai Fujio	Canon	2006-2010
3	Hiromasa Yonekura	Sumitomo Chemical	2010-2014
4th	Sadayuki Sakakibara	Toray Industries	June 2014 – May 2018
5	Hiroaki Nakanishi	Hitachi	Since May 2018

Individual evidence

^ Policy Proposals. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 13, 2019 .
↑ Claudia Derichs: Japan: Political System and Political Change . In: Claudia Derichs, Thomas Heberer (ed.): The political systems of East Asia: an introduction . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013 (3rd edition), p. 325. ISBN 978-3-658-01987-7 .
↑ Claudia Derichs: Japan: Political System and Political Change . In: Claudia Derichs, Thomas Heberer (ed.): The political systems of East Asia: an introduction . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013 (3rd edition), p. 324. ISBN 978-3-658-01987-7 .
↑ About Keidanren. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 13, 2019 .
^ Committee Chairs. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 17, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
^ Committees - Regional and Bilateral Relations Activities Chairs. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 17, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
↑ Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi to head Keidanren business lobby. In: japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times, January 29, 2018, accessed March 13, 2019 .
↑ Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, May 21, 2018, accessed March 17, 2019 .
↑ Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi to head Keidanren business lobby. In: japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times, January 29, 2018, accessed March 17, 2019 .

[1] Policy Proposals. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 13, 2019 .

[2] Claudia Derichs: Japan: Political System and Political Change . In: Claudia Derichs, Thomas Heberer (ed.): The political systems of East Asia: an introduction . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013 (3rd edition), p. 325. ISBN 978-3-658-01987-7 .

[3] Claudia Derichs: Japan: Political System and Political Change . In: Claudia Derichs, Thomas Heberer (ed.): The political systems of East Asia: an introduction . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013 (3rd edition), p. 324. ISBN 978-3-658-01987-7 .

[4] About Keidanren. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 13, 2019, accessed on March 13, 2019 .

[5] Committee Chairs. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 17, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .

[6] Committees - Regional and Bilateral Relations Activities Chairs. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, March 17, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .

[7] Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi to head Keidanren business lobby. In: japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times, January 29, 2018, accessed March 13, 2019 .

[8] Chairman Sakakibara's Statements and Comments. In: keidanren.or.jp. Keidanren, May 21, 2018, accessed March 17, 2019 .

[9] Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi to head Keidanren business lobby. In: japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times, January 29, 2018, accessed March 17, 2019 .