Keidanren moves beyond manufacturing with first chief from finance

Japan business lobby highlights changes in economy with Nippon Life pick

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Nippon Life Insurance Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui, left, will succeed Masakazu Tokura as chairman of the Japan Business Federation. (Source photos by Nikkei)

RYO NEMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation's selection of its first chairman from the finance sector reflects a shift in Japan's industrial base, and the group's priorities, away from their traditional focus on manufacturing.

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