TOKYO -- Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the powerful Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, will step down for health reasons. Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical, will take over on June 1, Nikkei has learned.
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Keidanren chief Nakanishi to resign in June over illness
Sumitomo Chemical Chairman Tokura take over as head of Japan business lobby
Keidanren Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi, left, will step down due to illness. He will be succeeded by Masakazu Tokura. (Source photos by Karina Nooka and Hideki Yoshikawa)
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