Policy Proposals

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( The contents in April, 2012 and afterwards are here. )

• Request for Growth Strategy Implementation and Decisive Action for Fiscal Reconstruction (May 15, 2012)

• Proposal by Keidanren: "Concept of Residences and Towns Well Suited for Aging Society" (May 15, 2012)

• Keidanren's Stance on the Agenda Items of the 101st Session of International Labour Conference (May 15, 2012)

• Chairman Calls on European Leaders to Start Negotiations on an EU-Japan FTA/EPA (April 26, 2012)

• Proposal: Aiming to Build "Japan as an Innovation-Oriented Nation" (April 17, 2012)

• Proposal to Strengthen Economic Relations with Myanmar (April 17, 2012)

• Reform of ports, import/export systems for improved global competitiveness (March 21, 2012)

• Keidanren Calls for Early Conclusion of Japan-Turkey Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (March 21, 2012)

• U.S.- Japan Business Dialogue on the Internet Economy Joint Statement (March 21, 2012)

• Keidanren Mission to ASEAN
  Observations of Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura (March 9, 2012)

• CCCJ - Keidanren Joint Statement on the release of the Report of the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (March 7, 2012)

• Toward a More Resilient Society (March 5, 2012)

• Keidanren publishes a report on relief efforts by companies and business community for the Great East Japan Earthquake (March, 2012)

• Keidanren Released New Policy Proposal on Promotion of Japan's Tourist Industry (February 21, 2012)

• Joint Forum of Indian and Japanese CEOs Joint Report (December 28, 2011)

• Call for Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region
  -- Towards FTAAP in 2020 -- (December 13, 2011)

• Financial Leaders Working Group and Global Services Coalition Statement:
  Cross-Border Data Flows and Trade in Services (November 21, 2011)

• Second Proposal on Energy Policy (November 15, 2011)

• Urgent Call for an EU-Japan Economic Integration Agreement (October 31, 2011)

• Proposal to Take Stronger Measures to Control Piracy (October 18, 2011)

• 2nd Asian Business Summit Joint Statement
  Achieving Sustainable Economic Growth in Asia through Private Sector Initiative (September 29, 2011)

• Keidanren Growth Strategy 2011:
  Accelerating Growth through Private-Sector Dynamism (Summary) (September 16, 2011)

• Policy Proposal: Towards a New International Framework for the Post-Kyoto Protocol Era (September 15, 2011)

• Global Services Summit Communiqué (July 21, 2011)

• First Proposal on Energy Policy (Outline) <PDF> (July 14, 2011)

• Chairman's Observations on Keidanren Mission to Europe (July 8, 2011)

• Master Plan for Recovery and Creation of a New Japan (May 27, 2011)

• The Third Japan-China-Korea Business Summit Joint Statement (May 22, 2011)

• Joint Statement -- Time for an EU-Japan EIA (May 13, 2011)

• Deregulations to overcome the difficulties caused by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (April 28, 2011)

• Intellectual Property Policies and Systems Aimed at Accelerating Innovation Creation (Overview)
  Interim report by the Sub-Committee on Policy Planning, Committee on Intellectual Property <PDF> (April 27, 2011)

• Proposal for an early legislation of the basic law for recovery and restoration (April 22, 2011)

• Proposal for measures to secure sound financial system to support recovery and restoration (April 22, 2011)

• Proposals for Japan's Trade Strategy (April 19, 2011)

• KEIDANREN Voluntary Electricity Peak-Cut Action Plan (April 11, 2011)

• Joint Declaration (G8 Business Summit) <PDF> (April 8, 2011)

• Chairman Calls on European Business Leaders to Rally the Voice of Business for Launching Negotiations for an EU-Japan EIA (April 6, 2011)

• Urgent Policy Proposal for the Recovery and Restoration from the Earthquake Disaster
  - Towards an Earliest Possible Restoration of the Afflicted Areas and the Creation of a New Japan - (March 31, 2011)

• Urgent Appeal for an Early Recovery and Restoration from the Unprecedented Earthquake Disaster (March 16, 2011)

• Summary of the Symposium on Strengthening and Integrating Japan-EU Economic Relations (February 23, 2011)

• Keidanren Mission to ASEAN
  Observations of Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura (February 18, 2011)

• Accelerating Development of Asian Bond Markets (December 14, 2010)

• Issue Papers -- Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change (December 7, 2010)

• Sunrise Report (December 6, 2010)

• Joint Statement at COP 16 on Climate Change, Energy, and Economic Growth (December 5, 2010)

• Towards a Truly Effective International Framework to Combat Climate Change
  -- Expectations for COP16 -- (November 16, 2010)

• Results of the Fiscal 2010 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- < Performance in Fiscal 2009 > <PDF> (November 16, 2010)

• The 3rd India-Japan Business Leaders Forum Joint Report (October 25, 2010)

• Call for a New Science and Technology Basic Plan to Create Innovation
  -- Promoting Science, Technology and Innovation Policies -- (Overview) <PDF> (October 19, 2010)

• The Promotion of Infrastructure Projects in Asia
  Message of the Japanese Business Community for the East Asia Summit (October 19, 2010)

• Services and Economic Development
  A Message from The Global Services Coalition <PDF> (September 22, 2010)

• Global Services Summit Communiqué, Washington D.C. <PDF> (September 22, 2010)

• Charter of Corporate Behavior (September 14, 2010)
  Charter of Corporate Behavior and its Implementation Guidance

• Achieving a Low Carbon Society of Global Scale
  -- Proposals for Climate Change Policy -- (September 14, 2010)

• Statement of Opinion for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Vilnius Meeting (September 10, 2010)

• Call for Early Implementation of the "New Growth Strategy"
  -- Toward Sustained, Private-Sector-Driven Economic Growth -- (July 20, 2010)

• Proposal for the new National Defense Program Guidelines (July 20, 2010)

• Towards Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
  - Recommendation for the success of the 10^th Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity - (June 15, 2010)

• Toward Sustainable Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region (Summary)
  -- Japan's Responsibilities as Host Country for APEC 2010 -- <PDF> (June 15, 2010)

• The Letter to the Leaders of the G-20 on International Financial Transaction Tax (June 9, 2010)

• Joint Statement of the 2nd Business Summit of Korea-Japan-China (May 30, 2010)

• The Keidanren's Proposal: "Growth Strategy 2010" (April 2010)

• G8 BUSINESS DECLARATION (April 28, 2010)

• Japan-EU Summit: Time for an EIA <PDF> (April 20, 2010)

• Achieving Growth through Green Innovation
  — Proposals for Japan's New Growth Strategy and Other Initiatives in the Environmental Sector — (March 16, 2010)

• Promoting Regional Infrastructure Development for a Prosperous Asia (March 16, 2010)

• Promoting Financial Cooperation for a Prosperous Asia
  Supporting Asian Growth Through Regional Bond Markets (March 16, 2010)

• Basic Position on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity (March 16, 2010)

• Intellectual Property Policies and Systems for an Innovation-Driven Japan (Overview) <PDF> (March 16, 2010)

• Asian Business Summit Joint Statement
  Building Global Prosperity through Sustainable Asian Growth (March 15, 2010)

• Establishment of the Council on Accounting of Unlisted Companies (February 25, 2010)

• New Growth Strategy Envisaged for the Post-Economic Crisis Period
  -- Five Fields of Expected New Demand, and Three Pillars of Policy to Support Sustained Growth -- (December 15, 2009)

• Nippon Keidanren's Commitment to a Low Carbon Society (December 15, 2009)

• Major Economies Business Forum Statement <PDF> (December 15, 2009)

• A Vision for Strengthening Economic Ties with Arab Nations (December 7, 2009)

• Toward Realization of the Action Plans for Asian Economic Growth (November 17, 2009)

• Call for the Start of Negotiations on Japan-EU Economic Integration Agreement
  -- Third Proposal for Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement -- (November 17, 2009)

• Requests for the Japan-GCC Free Trade Agreement (October 20, 2009)

• Overcoming Crisis, Opening a Path from Asia to Global Economic Growth (October 20, 2009)

• Global Services Coalition Media Release (October 14, 2009)

• Declaration of the Major Economies Business Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change <PDF> (September 22, 2009)

• Statement of Opinion for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Sharm El Sheikh Meeting (August 7, 2009)

• Joint Statement Urging Expeditious Extension of the Net Operating Loss (NOL) Carry Forward Period and Revival / Extension of NOL Carry Back (July 29, 2009)

• ACCJ-Keidanren Joint Statement on Japan/US EPA (July 21, 2009)

• Joint Press Release
  In view of the Summit, G8 Business renew their recommendations to G8 governments (July 7, 2009)

• Joint Statement/Keidanren-Business Roundtable (June 11, 2009)

• Mobilizing All Policy Tools to Revive the Economy
  FY 2009 General Assembly Resolution (May 28, 2009)

• JOINT DECLARATION -- G8 BUSINESS SUMMIT 2009 (April 24, 2009)

• Towards Better Corporate Governance
  -- Interim Discussion Paper on Key Issues -- [summary] <PDF> (April 14, 2009)

• Toward Japan-EU Economic Integration
  -- Second Proposal for Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement -- (April 14, 2009)

• Pursuing Strategic, Enhanced International Cooperation Through Public-Private Cooperation (April 8, 2009)

• Declaration of Biodiversity by Keidanren (March 17, 2009)

• Urgent Proposal for emerging from the Economic Crisis:
  Calling for the Prompt Implementation of a Supplementary Budget for Fiscal 2009 (March 9, 2009)

• Protectionism is NOT the solution to the crisis
  - Proposal for free trade and economy to restore market confidence - (March 9, 2009)

• Expectations for the International Climate Conference (COP15)
  Climate Change Roundtable of Business Representatives (February 18, 2009)

• A Call for a Japanese New Deal:
  Promoting National Projects to Ensure Employment Security, Create Jobs, and Enhance Japan's Growth Potential (February 9, 2009)

• Building Environment -- Friendly Relations between Japan and China <in Chinese/PDF> (December 16, 2008)

• Ready for the Future -- G8 BUSINESS SUMMIT (December 3 & 4, 2008)

• Proposal for a Post-2012 International Framework
  The Japanese Business Community's Positions on the COP 14 Agenda (November 18, 2008)

• The 21^st Japan-Thailand Joint Trade and Economic Committee Meeting
  Summary of Proceedings (November 17, 2008)

• G-20 Statement by International Business Leaders (November 14, 2008)

• Memorandum of Understanding between Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and
  Nippon Keidanren and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Japan on Climate Change <PDF> (October 22, 2008)

• The 2nd Japan-India Business Leaders Forum Joint Report (October 22, 2008)

• An Economy and Society That Responds to the Challenges of a Declining Population (October 14, 2008)

• Future Directions of Accounting Standards in Japan
  - The Next Step Towards a Single Set of Accounting Standards - ( Executive Summary ) (October 14, 2008)

• Proposal for Comprehensive Reform of Taxation, Fiscal Policy, and Social Security Programs
  -- Realizing a Secure and Vibrant Economic Society -- (October 2, 2008)

• File Number S7-11-08 Comments to Proposed Rule Release No. 33-8924
  ("Interactive Data to Improve Financial Reporting") <PDF> (August 1, 2008)

• Business Roundtable-Keidanren Statement on the Doha Development Agenda (June 27, 2008)

• Turning Adversity into an Opportunity for Progress
  FY 2008 General Assembly Resolutions (May 28, 2008)

• Joint Statement of the G8 Tokyo Business Summit <PDF> (April 17, 2008)

• On the Improvement of Japan's Global Investment Environment
  - Toward the Creation of a Legal Framework for Japanese Foreign Investment - (April 15, 2008)

• File Number S7-05-08 Comments to Proposed Rule Release No. 33-8900
  ("Foreign Issuer Reporting Enhancements") <PDF> (April 8, 2008)

• Basic Standpoint on Climate Change Negotiations at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (March 19, 2008)

• 2008 Position Paper on Management and Labor Policy (Summary)
  New Directions for the Japanese-Style Employment System (December 19, 2007)

• Interim Report on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in the Age of Corporate Social Responsibility (December 18, 2007)

• Summary of the Survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 2006 <PDF> (December 18, 2007)

• Proposal for Comprehensive Amendments to the Antimonopoly Act
  - To Establish International Parity in the Investigation and Appeals Process - (November 20, 2007)

• Results of the Fiscal 2007 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2006 ] <PDF> (November 14, 2007)

• Global Business and Manufacturers Statement on the WTO Doha Round (November 5-7, 2007)

• A Call for the Development and Promotion of Proactive External Economic Strategies
  Toward A Nation Built on Trade and Investment, Pursuing Progress with Asia (October 16, 2007)

• Keidanren's Proposal for a Post-2012 International Framework on Preventing Climate Change (October 16, 2007)

• Global Services Coalition: Doha Round Services Negotiations Must Deliver Ambitious Results (September 27, 2007)

• File Number S7-13-07 Comments to Proposed Rule Release No. 33-8818
  ("Acceptance from foreign private issuers of financial statements prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards without reconciliation to U.S. GAAP") <PDF> (September 18, 2007)

• Nippon Keidanren and BDI Call for a Framework
  for Enhancing Economic Relations Between the European Union and Japan (August 30, 2007)

• Joint Proposal by the Japan-India Business Leaders' Forum
  Japan-India Partnership for Sustainable Growth (August 22, 2007)

• Advancing the Convergence of Accounting Standards (August 8, 2007)

• Call for the Start of Joint Study for a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (June 12, 2007)

• Creative Reforms to Fulfill Responsibility for the Future
  FY 2007 General Assembly Resolutions (May 23, 2007)

• Recommendations on Japan's International Cooperation Policy and Expectations on the new JICA (May 15, 2007)

• G8 Business Declaration
  Joint Statement of the G8 Business Organizations <PDF> (April 25, 2007)

• Toward the Post 2012 International Framework on Climate Change <PDF> (April 17, 2007)

• Second Set of Recommendations on Accepting Non-Japanese Workers (Summary) (March 20, 2007)

• Call for the Earliest Conclusion of a Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement (February 20, 2007)

• U.S. and Japanese Business Leaders Cite Need for Cooperative Effort to Promote Global Economic Growth
  -- Business Roundtable and Nippon Keidanren Agree to Pursue Economic Issues of Joint Interest -- (January 19, 2007)

• Joint Statement; U.S-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (January 19, 2007)

• International Business Statement on the Doha Development Agenda:
  Failure is Not an Option <PDF> (January 15, 2007)

• Keidanren Priority Policies 2007 (January 10, 2007)

• "Land of Hope, Japan"
  The Keidanren Vision 2007 <PDF> (January 1, 2007)

• Summary of Position Paper 2007 on Management and Labor Policy
  -- Promoting Innovation: A New Approach to Work -- (December 19, 2006)

• Results of the Fiscal 2006 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2005 ] <PDF> (December 14, 2006)

• Further Revision of M&A Legislation is Needed (December 12, 2006)

• Call for the Start of Joint Study for a Japan-U.S. Economic Partnership Agreement (November 21, 2006)

• Reviving and Concluding the Doha Round
  -- The Global Services Coalition letter to APEC leaders -- (November 7, 2006)

• Toward the Establishment of a Safe, Secure Internet Society through International Cooperation
  -- Proposals to the 1^st Internet Governance Forum (IGF) -- (October 17, 2006)

• Towards Broader and Deeper Economic Partnership Agreements (October 17, 2006)

• About Keidanren Policy Assessment 2006 (September 25, 2006)

• Urgent Request for the Commencement of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations (September 19, 2006)

• Joint Statement on the WTO DDA Negotiations (July 26, 2006)

• Conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and India at an Early Date (July 18, 2006)

• Joint Statement
  Only Strong Political Will Can Save the WTO Doha Round (July 12, 2006)

• UNICE, the Confederation of European Business & Nippon Keidanren --
  Joint statement on the WTO DDA negotiations (July 5, 2006)

• Japanese Business Community Calls on All WTO Members To Save the WTO Doha Round
  -- Nippon Keidanren urges Final Agreement During 2006 -- (June 20, 2006)

• Nippon Keidanren Supports to Accelerate the Convergence of Accounting Standards and to Seek Mutual Recognition of Standards in Japan, the United States, and Europe (June 20, 2006)

• Recommendation: "Expectations for the Early Conclusion of the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)" (June 20, 2006)

• Results of 2006 Spring Labor-Management Negotiations (June 7,2006)

• Tapping Human Potential: Creative Solutions for a New Era
  FY 2006 General Assembly Resolutions (May 24, 2006)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2005 (April 19, 2006)

• Interim Report on the Integrated Reform of Expenditures and Revenues
  Building a Streamlined and Well-muscled Government (April 18, 2006)

• Toward a Closer and Stronger Economic Partnership between Japan and Europe
  - Nippon Keidanren's Observation and Views on European Integration and the Japan-Europe Business Relations - (April 18, 2006)

• Building Stronger Japan-Canada Economic Partnership
  -- Recommendations for the Joint Study and Beyond -- (April 6, 2006)

• Summary of the Survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 2004 <PDF> (February 6, 2006)

• Summary of Position Paper 2006 on Management and Human Resources
  -- Employers, Be Righteous and Strong -- (December 13, 2005)

• Call for an Early Conclusion of the Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (December 2, 2005)

• Hong Kong Joint Business Declaration:
  A Call for Substantial Progress Towards Trade Liberalisation (November 21, 2005)

• Results of the Fiscal 2005 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- [ Performance in Fiscal 2004 ] <PDF> (November 18, 2005)

• Canadian and Japanese Business Leaders Meet to Advance Bilateral and Global Trade and Investment Talks (November 1, 2005)

• The Need to Develop a New International Framework to Prevent Climate Change
  -- Basic View of Japanese Industry to Achieve Ultimate Objective of UNFCCC -- (October 18, 2005)

• About Keidanren Policy Assessment in 2005 (October 11, 2005)

• A Successful Hong Kong Ministerial Conference Can Still Save the Doha Development Agenda
  -- Political Leadership Needed from All WTO Members -- (September 20, 2005)

• Modality of Internet Governance
  Policy Proposals for the 2^nd World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (September 20, 2005)

• Call for Early Launch of Negotiations for Japan-GCC Economic Partnership Agreement (September 13, 2005)

• World Business Leaders for Growth
  Advancing the Promise of Doha <PDF> (September 6, 2005)

• Promoting Economic Growth Tops the Agenda as U.S. and Japanese Business Leaders Meet
  -- Keidanren-Business Roundtable Meeting Joint Press Release -- (July 7, 2005)

• Urging Substantial Progress in the DDA Negotiations of WTO
  Position Paper towards the First Approximation Being Prepared for the Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (June 15, 2005)

• Results of 2005 Spring Labor-Management Negotiations (June 8, 2005)

• Building a New Foundation for Growth
  FY 2005 General Assembly Resolutions (May 26, 2005)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2004 (April 18, 2005)

• Keidanren's Priority Policies (February 7, 2005)

• Looking to Japan's Future:
  Keidanren's Perspective on Constitutional Policy Issues (January 18, 2005)

• Summary of Position Paper 2005 on Management and Human Resources
  Management and Labor Working Together to Promote Further Reforms (December 14, 2004)

• Results of the Fiscal 2004 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Summary)
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (November 26, 2004)

• Strategic Approach to Overseas Transfer of Japanese Employees
  - Building a successful model of overseas assignment - (November 16, 2004)

• Reasonable Defense Measures against Takeovers Detrimental to Corporate Value Are Needed (November 16, 2004)

• About Keidanren Second Policy Assessment in 2004 (September 22, 2004)

• The 19^th Japan-Thailand Joint Trade and Economic Committee Meeting Joint Statement (September 17, 2004)

• Toward a Stronger Economic Partnership Between Japan and Canada:
  Interim Report of the Task Force on the Japan-Canada Economic Partnership of the Committee on Canada <PDF> (August 26, 2004)

• "Survey of Top Management on Spring Labor-Management Negotiations" for 2004 (August 25, 2004)

• Recommendations for Amendments to Ensure Japan's Antimonopoly Act Meets the Needs of the 21^st Century (July 13, 2004)

• Towards the Prompt Resumption and Steady Progress of Space Development and Utilization (June 22, 2004)

• The Benefits of Translating Japanese Laws into Foreign Languages (June 14, 2004)

• Results of 2004 Spring Labor-Management Negotiations <PDF> (June 3, 2004)

• Nippon Keidanren WTO Mission Position Paper (May 28, 2004)

• Developing a New Frontier by Nurturing Corporate Dynamism
  FY 2004 General Assembly Resolutions (May 27, 2004)

• Request for Early Start of Intergovernmental Study of the Japan-Brazil Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
  - Report on the Japan-Brazil EPA - (May 19, 2004)

• Charter of Corporate Behavior (May 18, 2004)

• Requesting a Prompt Establishment of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (April 20, 2004)

• Joint Statement on International Accounting Standards (April 19, 2004)

• Recommendations on Accepting Non-Japanese Workers (April 14, 2004)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report; Fiscal 2003 (April 13, 2004)

• Urgent Proposals for Strengthening Economic Partnerships
  Concrete Measures for the Strategic Promotion of Economic Partnership Agreements (March 16, 2004)

• Nippon Keidanren Position Paper on Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (February 17, 2004)

• Call for a Petition System for Initiation of Investigations
  Regarding the Unfair Trade Practices of Foreign Nations (February 13, 2004)

• Comments concerning the Review of the Constitution of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (February 10, 2004)

• Comment of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) on the
  OECD Principles of Corporate Governance Draft Revised Text (January 2004) (February 5, 2004)

• Nippon Keidanren's Comment Letter to the Financial Services Authority of United Kingdom (January 30, 2004)

• Towards Revitalizing the WTO Negotiations (January 20, 2004)

• Synopsis of the Survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 2002 <PDF> (January 20, 2004)

• Summary of Position Paper 2004 on Management and Human Resources
  Creating Higher Added Value, Utilizing Diverse Human Resources
  - Employers' Sense of Duty and Aspirations are the Key - (December 2003)

• Results of the Fiscal 2003 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (November 21, 2003)

• Interim Recommendations on Accepting Non-Japanese Workers
  - Bring Dynamism of Diversity into Japan by Opening Doors to Transnational Human Resources - (November 14, 2003)

• Expectations for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (November 14, 2003)

• Seeking International Collaboration on Accounting Standards (October 21, 2003)

• Proposal for Revision of the Corporations Law (October 16, 2003)

• Joint Statement of The 26^th Japan-Mexico Businessmen's Joint Committee Meeting (October 15, 2003)

• Outline of Proposal on Pension System Reform for 2004 (September 10, 2003)

• Proposal of Nippon Keidanren regarding revision of the Antimonopoly Act enforcement systems (September 5, 2003)

• Joint Business Charter for Cancún
  Business is United in Support of the WTO Multilateral Trading System (September 4, 2003)

• Survey of Top Management Regarding the 2003 Spring Labor-Management Negotiations: Summary of Results (August 21, 2003)

• Working toward a Better Childcare Environment (July 22, 2003)

• Urgent Recommendations Toward the WTO Cancún Ministerial Conference and Beyond (July 22, 2003)

• Request for Bilateral Negotiations on a Japan-Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement (June 16, 2003)

• Results of 2003 Spring Wage Negotiations (June 5, 2003)

• Result of Survey on 2002 Summer and Winter Bonuses (May 30, 2003)

• Promoting Reforms to Realize a Private-Sector-Driven Economy and Society
  Fiscal 2003 General Assembly Resolutions (May 27, 2003)

• Outline of Japan's Space Development and Use and Requests for the Future <PDF> (May 20, 2003)

• Recommendations for Expanding Economic and Trade Ties with China Following Its Accession to the World Trade Organization (May 20, 2003)

• Urgent Call for the Opening of Negotiations toward Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership (JTEP) Agreement (May 12, 2003)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan Evaluation Report (March 26, 2003)

• Promoting the Development of Industrial Technologists through Partnerships between Industry, Academia, and Government (March 18, 2003)

• Declaration of Nippon Keidanren on Nature Conservation (March 17, 2003)

• Basic Positions on Trade and Eco-Labelling (March 14, 2003)

• Comments on the "Proposed Rule: Standards Relating to Listed Company Audit Committees" (February 18, 2003)

• Comments Regarding Treatment of Certain Foreign Private Issuers under the Disclosure Requirements of Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (February 18, 2003)

• Result of Survey on Corporate Welfare Expenditures for FY 2001 (January 9, 2003)

• JAPAN 2025
  Envisioning A Vibrant, Attractive Nation in the Twenty-First Century <PDF> (January 1, 2003)

• Tripartite Agreement on Diversified Work Patterns and Work-sharing (December 26, 2002)

• Summary of Position Paper 2003 on Management and Human Resources (December 2002)

• Tripartite Agreement on Employment Issues (December 4, 2002)

• Welcoming the Opening of Official Negotiations toward a Japan-Mexico Free Trade Agreement,
  And Expecting for an Expeditious Conclusion (October 30, 2002)

• Japan Business Federation's Emergency Employment Measures Program (October 23, 2002)

• Results of the 5^th Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 17, 2002)

• Charter of Corporate Behavior (October 15, 2002)

• Calling for Exemptions for Japanese Corporations
  from the Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (October 1, 2002)

• Requesting a Prompt Conclusion of Social Security Agreements (September 17, 2002)

• Urgent Call for Implementation of the Initiative for Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership (September 17, 2002)

• Nippon Keidanren WTO Mission Position Paper (September 11, 2002)

• Toward for the Creation of International Investment Rules
  and Improvement of the Japanese Investment Environment (July 16, 2002)

• Trade in Services Negotiations on WTO
  Proposal Concerning the Movement of Natural Persons (June 18, 2002)

• A Proposed Resolution over the Problems of International Schools
  - Working toward creation of Education Suited for the Era of Globalization - (June 14, 2002)

• FISCAL 2002 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
  TOWARDS A VIBRANT, APPEALING AND AFFLUENT JAPAN (May 28, 2002)

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• Competition Policy in the IT Sector and the Framework for a New Communications Law
  -Further Recommendations on the Restructuring of the Legal System Governing Info-communications to Propel the IT Revolution- (December 18, 2001)

• Synopsis of the survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 2000 (December 12, 2001) <PDF>

• A Renewed call for the early conclusion of a Japan-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (October 23, 2001)

• Results of the 4^th Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 19, 2001)

• A Proposal for Reform of Japan's ODA (October 16, 2001)

• The Philanthropic Ideas which Have Added New Values to Companies (July, 2001)

  • Overview of the Japanese Corporate Philanthropy in 1990's
  • Analysis Based on the Categorization of Philanthropic Activities of Forty-seven Companies
    published in "The Philanthropic Ideas which Have Added New Values to Companies"

• Basic Position and Recommendations for the WTO Doha Ministerial Conference and A New Round of Negotiations (July 17, 2001)

• Towards the Implementation of Strategic Trade Policies
  - A Grand Design of Japan's Policy as a Nation Built on Trade - (June 2001)

• Request for Calm and Patient Negotiations on the Issues of Global Warming (June 15, 2001)

• For the transformation of Japanese Science and Technology Strategies (June 11, 2001) <PDF>

• Resolution of the General Assembly 2001
  Creating a vibrant private sector-led economy through structural reform (May 25, 2001)

• The future society created nanotechnology <n-Plan21> Outline (March 27, 2001) <PDF>

• A Proposal for Better Corporate Accounting (March 27, 2001)

• Japan-China Relations in the 21st Century
  - Recommendations for Building a Relationship of Trust and Expanding Economic Exchanges between Japan and China - (February 20, 2001)

• Position Paper on WTO Negotiations for Liberalizing Trade in Services (November 2000)

• Comment on the First Draft Report of the Telecommunications Council (November 30, 2000)

• Synopsis of the survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 1999 (November 30, 2000) <PDF>

  • White Paper on Corporate Philanthropy in Japan 1999
    This publication is an excerpt from "Shakai Koken Hakusho 1999"
    (White Paper on Corporate Philanthropy 1999), published in Tokyo in July 1999.

• Points of Discussion Relating to Corporate Governance in Japanese Public Companies (Interim Report) (November 21, 2000)

• Efforts to Strengthen Insurer Functions and Establishment of A Medical Insurance System for the Elderly (November 14, 2000)

• Regarding Results of the 3^rd Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  --Section on Global Warming Measures-- (November 2, 2000)

• Brazil - Japan: "Alliance for the 21st Century" (October 26, 2000)

• Keidanren demands resolute promotion of Regulatory Reforms and the Establishment of a New System for the 21st Century (October 17, 2000)

• Recommendations Concerning Commercial Law Reform (October 17, 2000)

• Position Paper Concerning Tourism in Japan in the Twenty-first Century (October 17, 2000)

• In search of a Grand Design for the Economy and Public Finance (October 2, 2000)

• Expectations for the Japan-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (October 2, 2000)

• Toward an Early Establishment of a Competition Promotion Law in the Field of Telecommunications (September 14, 2000)

• Urgent Call for Active Promotion of Free Trade Agreements
  - Toward a New Dimension in Trade Policy - (July 18, 2000)

• A Proposal to Make Japan an IT Superpower
  - For the Full Use of "Digital Opportunity" - (May 29, 2000)

• Resolution of Keidanren Annual General Assembly 2000
  Our Resolve to Reinvigorate the Economy in the 21st Century (May 25, 2000)

• Co-chairmen's summary of the 23^rd Japan-Canada Business Conference (May 15, 2000)

• Toward Greater Diversity in Japan-Canada Economic Relations (April 21, 2000)

• Joint Statement Recommending an Early Commencement of Negotiations Leading to a Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Mexico (April 10, 2000)

• Preliminary Recommendations on the Restructuring of the Legal System Governing Telecommunications to Propel the IT Revolution
  - From a System of Business Regulation to the Promotion of Competition - (March 28, 2000)

• First Phase Proposal Regarding the Reform of Special-Purpose Corporations and Other Such Entities (March 28, 2000)

• Request for Realization of Early Entry of the Private Sector into the Postal Services Market (March 28, 2000)

• Expectations on the WTO Negotiations and Requests for Liberalizing Trade in Services (March 28, 2000)

• For Asia's Economic Renewal
  A proposal by Japan's business community (March 13, 2000)

• Policy Recommendations and Priority Requests to the Japanese Government on the Promotion of Regulatory Reform (February 8, 2000)

• Synopsis of the Survey on Corporate Philanthropic Activities in Fiscal 1998 (December 14, 1999)

• On the Establishment of Targets for the Reduction of Industrial Wastes
  -- Results of Follow-up under the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment -- (December 6, 1999)

• Toward Creating a Competitive Capital Market (November 24, 1999)

• Regarding Results of the 2^nd Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
  -- Section on Global Warming Measures -- (October 30, 1999)

• Keidanren Urges the Government to Resolutely Carry out Sweeping Regulatory Reforms (October 19, 1999)

• Proposing Reforms in Employment and Labor (October 19, 1999)

• A Proposal to Further Strengthen Japan's Financial System (September 29, 1999)

• Policy Proposal on Japanese ODA and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (September 21, 1999)

• Proposal for the Promotion of Electronic Commerce (July 27, 1999)

• Proposal for A Five-Year Plan for The "Digital New Deal" Project (July 27, 1999)

• Second Proposal for Enhancing the Competitiveness of Japanese Industry;
  Promotion of Joint Industry-Academia-Government Projects and
  Development of Transportation and Distribution Infrastructure (July 6, 1999)

• A Proposal for Revitalization of Urban Areas (June 22, 1999)

• Resolution of Keidanren Annual General Assembly 1999
  Enhancing Industrial Competitiveness and Revitalizing the Economy (May 25, 1999)

• Keidanren's Position on a Draft of Guidelines under Article 4 of Law Concerning the Measures by Large Scale Retail Stores for Preservations of Living Environment (May 20, 1999)

• First Proposal for Enhancing the Competitiveness of Japanese Industries (May 18, 1999)

• Challenges for the Upcoming WTO Negotiations and Agendas for Future Japanese Trade Policy (May 18, 1999)

• Report on the Possible Effects of a Japan-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on Japanese Industry (April 20, 1999)

• Finding Specific Answers to the Problem of the Declining Birth Rate
  A Call for an Integrated Approach to System Reform by Government, Businesses, Communities, and Families (March 19, 1999)

• Statement on Current Issues and Future Directions for Japanese Government Statistics
  - Reducing the burden on respondents, improving user convenience - (February 24, 1999)

• Statement on the Financial Inspection Manual of the Financial Supervisory Agency (February 1, 1999)

• The 1st Follow-up of Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (December 15, 1998)

• Aiming to Build a Life Spatial Information Infrastructure
  --Suggestions for Advanced Utilization of Geographic Information System-- (November 17, 1998)

• For the Materialization of Urgent Economic Recovery Measures
  - Promoting Projects as Bridges to the 21st Century - (October 30, 1998)

• For the promotion of deregulation aimed at economic revival and the establishment of a transparent system of governmental management (October 20, 1998)

• Proposals and Expectations Toward APEC Activities (October 20, 1998)

• Establishing an Organization for Revitalizing the Securities Market (October 19, 1998)

• Proposal for Emergency Stimulative Economic Measures (October 12, 1998)

• Reviving the Japanese Economy and Building a Dynamic Society in the Twenty-First Century
  -- Proposal for the Economic Strategy Council -- (October 12, 1998)

• Bold Action is Needed to Revive the Securities Market (September 17, 1998)

• Urgent Call for the Stabilization of Japan's Financial System (September 7, 1998)

• Recommendations Regarding the Mutual Exchange of Cross-Held Shares (August 5, 1998)

• Recommendations for the New Cabinet (Summary & Full text)(July 30, 1998)

• Towards Stabilizing Financial Systems:
  Realigning and Strengthening Financial Institutions, Promoting Further Disclosures, Clarifying the Roles and Responsibilities of Financial Authorities, and Putting in Place the Legal Framework Concerning Bridge Banks (July 23, 1998)

• proposal for desired human resources to take charge of the next generation
  and desirable plans for improving information literacy (outline/PDF)(July 21, 1998)

• Towards Economic Recovery in Asia (July 21, 1998)

• Rebuilding the Public Pension System which Earns the Confidence of the Citizens (Summary)(July 21, 1998)
  (Full Text Version is here.)

• Reforming the Short-term Financial Markets and
  Enhancing the International Use of the Yen (June 16, 1998)

• Resolution of Annual General Assembly ,1998
  Laying New Groundwork for Development in the 21st Century (May 26, 1998)

• Proposals for realization of a free, fair and transparent information and telecommunications market
  --Aiming for structural reform and economic rejuvenation-- (April 21, 1998)

• Proposal for Structural Reform to achieve an Affluent Society and a Vital Economy (April 21, 1998)

• TOWARD A STRONGER WTO
  Further developing the international rules-based multilateral trading system (March 17, 1998)

• Additional Measures Requested by Keidanren
  for Structural Reform and Economic Recovery (February 9, 1998)

• Promotion of Privately Funded Infrastructure Projects in Developing Countries (January 27, 1998)

• Seeking a Fundamental Reform of the Corporate Pension System
  — To Provide Freedom of Life Planning and Comfortable Post-Retirement Life — (December 16, 1997)

• International Conference on Voluntary Business Initiatives for Mitigating Climate Change (December 3-4, 1997)

  • Program
  • Joint Statement
    to The 3rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Outline of the International Conference on Voluntary Business Initiatives for Mitigating Climate Change
  • Statement to the COP3 by TSUJI Yoshifumi, Vice Chairman, Keidanren (December 9, 1997)

• Opinion Relating to COP3 and to Measures on Global Warming (September 26, 1997)

• Proposals for Creating New Machinery for Promoting Deregulation to Prepare for the 21st Century (September 18, 1997)

  • Deregulation in the field of telecommunications

• Recommendations Concerning Corporate Taxation <Summary & Full Text> (September 16, 1997)

• Urgent Recommendations Concerning Corporate Governance (September 16, 1997)

• Toward the Development of APEC
  — More Efficient, Concentrated Activities
  and Positive Participation by the Private Sector — (September 16, 1997)

• Summary of Keidanren's Proposal on Promotion of Information Development
  - as a Tool for Structural Reform - (July 22, 1997)

• Fundamental Reform of Statistics Administration (July 22, 1997)

• Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Final Report) (June 17, 1997)

• Keidanren's Views on MAI Negotiations (June 17, 1997)

• Resolution of Annual General Assembly
  Promoting the Process of Reform and Reaching for a Higher Stage of Development (May 27, 1997)

• Reforming Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Japan (April 15, 1997)

• Five Priority Issues for the Strengthening of Japan-U.S. Relations (April 15, 1997)

• The Aims of Establishing the 21st Century Public Policy Institute (March 18, 1997)

• Request for Deregulation (January 1997)

• Keidanren Charter for Good Corporate Behavior (December 17, 1996)

• Japan's Industry-wise Voluntary Environmental Action Plans (December 17, 1996)

• WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE / SINGAPORE / 9-13 December 1996
  STATEMENT BY KEIDANREN AND UNICE (December 13, 1996)

• Joint Statement on Global Warming Prevention (November 1, 1996)

• Topics on Promotion of Competition in Communications Market
  -- Focusing on interconnection rules -- (October 30, 1996)

• A Call for Promotion of Government-Private Coordination in Intellectual Support for Developing Countries
  -Toward Vitalization of Private Sector Economic Activities in Developing Countries- (October 15, 1996)

• Keidanren's Basic Stance towards the Singapore Ministerial Conference of
  the World Trade Organization(WTO) (October 1996)

• Views on the Revision of the Bank of Japan Law (September 17, 1996)

• An Attractive Japan
  Keidanren's Vision for 2020
  Provisional Summary, Third Edition (September 1996)

• Keidanren Appeal on Environment
  - Declaration on Voluntary Action of Japanese Industry Directed
  at Conservation of Global Environment in the 21st Century - (July 16, 1996)

• The Environment for International Investment and Japan
  - Views on MAI Negotiations - (May 7, 1996)

• Keidanren's Expectations to making of the Science & Technology Basic Plan
  - The road map to attractive Japan - (April 16, 1996)

• Developing Japan's Creative Human Resources
  - An Action Agenda for Reform in Education and Corporate Conduct - (March 26, 1996)

• We propose relocation of Capital (February 6,1996)

• An Attractive Japan
  Keidanren's Vision for 2020 (January 1996)

• Summary of the Report on Revision of Japan's Economic Statistics System (January 16,1996)

• Joint Statement by Keidanren / BDI
  at their Meeting on 27 November 1995 in Cologne (November 27, 1995)

• JOINT STATEMENT
  23 November 1995 UNICE-Keidanren Meeting (November 23, 1995)

• KEIDANREN-WORLD BANK GROUP / Action Plan (October, 1995)

• Joint Statement
  APEC Business Congress: APB-Net II (October 22 - 23, 1995)

• The Medium-Term Forecast for Japanese Industry and the Challenges it Must Face:
  Improving Japan's Quality of Life and Ensuring Full Employment Through Structural Economic Reform (October 17, 1995)

• Proposals for the Annual Revision of the Regulatory Reform Action Program (October 12, 1995)

• Creating A Consumer-Oriented Distribution System (September 19, 1995)

• Private Sector Initiatives to Revitalize the Japanese Economy (September 13, 1995)

• Ensuring Appropriate and Stable Exchange Rates (September 11, 1995)

• A Demand for Action to Address Japan's Economic Crisis and Restore Confidence in its Future (September 11, 1995)

• Report on the Current Surplus Reduction Plan (September 11, 1995)

• Calling for Siting of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Project in Japan (July 31, 1995)

• Recommendations for Creating New Businesses:
  Building an Economy and Society that Nurtures the Entrepreneurial Spirit (July 18, 1995)

• A Call for Space Budget Increase
  - Improving Our Quality of Life on Earth - (June 21, 1995)

• Japan's Role in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  Proposal for the 1995 APEC Osaka Meeting (June 20, 1995)

• The Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment and Imports to Japan (June 12, 1995)

• General Assembly Resolution
  Japan's Agenda for the Future: Building a Dynamic and Creative Society (May 26, 1995)

• Outline of "How Airports Should Be Improved - A Demand for Drafting an Improvement Plan with Emphasis on Large Scale Airport" (May 16, 1995)

• Proposals for the Revitalization of Industry Following the Kobe (Hanshin/Awaji Region) Earthquake (March 28, 1995)

• Final Report on the Emergency Questionnaire Survey on the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Summary) (March 17, 1995)

• "WTO AND FURTHER LIBERALISATION OF TRADE ARE STILL THE MAIN CONCERN" (PRESS RELEASE) (March 9, 1995)

• Interim Report on the Emergency Questionnaire Survey on the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Summary) (March 6, 1995)

• URGENT RECOMMENDATION FOR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF AREAS AFFECTED BY THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE (February 6, 1995)

• Japan's International Contributions and the Role of Its Economic Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era (December 20, 1994)

• Japan Federation of Economic Organizations Comment on U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations 1994 (Draft) (December 19, 1994)

• Results of Survey Concerning Corporate Philanthropic Activities (Fiscal Year 1993) (December, 1994)

• South Africa as we see it
  - KEIDANREN Economic Mission to the Republic of South Africa - (December, 1994)

• A Call for Formulation of the Effective Deregulation Promotion Plan toward the Post-Regulated Society (November 17, 1994)

• The Positive Economic Effects of Deregulation, and Strategies Needed To Increase Employment (November 15, 1994)

• Basic thinking on Intraregional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region(Executive Summary-full text) (November 7, 1994)

• Agenda for Global Trade
  Dr. Tadahiro Sekimoto's Speech Before the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ) (November 4, 1994)

• Challenges for the Japanese Defense Industry (November 1, 1994)

• Thoughts on Future Economic Relations Between Japan and the European Union (October 18,1994)

• Keidanren Views on the GATT Review of NAFTA (October 18,1994)

• Address to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)
  by Mr.Isao Nakauchi, Vice Chairman (September 19, 1994)

• General Assembly Resolution
  Determination to Achieve Reforms and New Ideas (May 27, 1994)

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• Keidanren Charter for Good Corporate Behavior (September 24, 1991)

• Keidanren Global Environment Charter (April 23, 1991)

• Guidelines of Procurement Policies (April 24, 1990)

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