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Oct 10, 1987 · Yoshihiro Inayama, who rebuilt Japan’s steel industry from the rubble of World War II and his own Nippon Steel Co. into the world’s largest, died of lung cancer Friday. He was 83.
Chairman Tenure President; Shigeo Nagano: Mar. 31, 1970-May 30, 1973: Yoshihiro Inayama: Yoshihiro Inayama: May 30, 1973-Jun. 29, 1976: Tomisaburo Hirai: Jun. 29 ...
- Phase I: Building The “Iron Triangle”
- Phase 2: Big Manufacturing and The Heyday of Japan Inc.
- Globalization and The Last Days of Japan Inc.
- Atrophy and Indecision
Keidanren (formerly known in English as the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations) was established in August 1946, just about a year after the end of World War II, to replace and consolidate the “control associations” that had assisted the Japanese government in mobilizing key industries during World War II. In fact, Keidanren’s first chairman...
Another major business organization that took shape in the aftermath of World War II was Nikkeiren (Japan Federation of Employers’ Associations), established in 1948 to duel it out with the radical labor movement that emerged around the same time. Later, as rapid growth boosted worker incomes and radical labor receded into the background, Nikkeiren...
The foundations of Keidanren’s political clout began to disintegrate in the 1990s, when the collapse of the bubble economy and the end of the Cold War triggered a major upheaval in Japan’s political and economic structure. On the political front, the LDP’s longstanding monopoly on power came to an end in 1993 with the rise of an eight-party coaliti...
In 2002, Keidanren merged with Nikkeiren, whose membership largely mirrored its own, in a bid to streamline and rationalize Japan’s big business lobby. But its outdated leadership structure and organizational practices—the product of a 70-year history—have remained deeply entrenched. Even now Keidanren’s top brass is dominated by the “old guard” of...
Oct 21, 2014 · He happened to meet Yasuoka Masahiro, a Neo-Confucian scholar, who took a liking to him and admired his composure. Yasuoka introduced Park to Inayama Yoshihiro, president of Yawata Iron & Steel...
Dec 12, 2019 · TOKYO, Dec. 12, 2019—The top Japanese business lobby’s head, Yoshihiro Inayama, once said, ‘Iron is tantamount to humans.’
The Japanese Society of Steel Construction (JSSC) is as a non-profit association to promote structural use of steel and to improve technologies related to steel construction.
Mar 30, 2012 · In order to overcome, succeeding Keidanren introduced concepts such as "Philosophy of Endurance" by Keidanren Chairman Yoshihiro Inayama (1980-86); "Need of Co-existence" by Keidanren Chairman Gaishi Hiraiwa (1990-94); and "Attractive Japan" by Keidanren Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (1994-98); so that Japanese companies accepted as good ...
