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Sports'RikuRyu' defy the odds to produce Japan's miracle on ice Japan's strict rules on dual nationality shape who can chase Olympic dream Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pose for a photo after winning gold medals in pairs skating at the 2026 Winter Ol... [1]

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. [2]

TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation, the country's leading business lobby, named Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi as its new leader in an announcement Tuesday. (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]

TOKYO -- As artificial intelligence and the internet of things are increasingly viewed as beneficial, some industries are voicing concerns about disruption. [4]

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Hitachi looks to transform the "internet of things" into a core operation with a team of 6,000 and a newly established base in Silicon Valley, Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi said in an interview with The Nikkei. [5]

AFP Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to dissolve the Lower House for a snap election soon after the annual parliamentary session begins next week, the secretary-general of her ruling party and the co-head of her junior coalition partner ... [6]

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Hitachi's frozen nuclear power plant project in the U.K. could be revived only if the business is nationalized by Britain, Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi said here on Wednesday. [7]

BANGKOK, 9 May 2013 President of Hitachi Japan, Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi, met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Thai Khu Fah Building in Government House. Mr. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-08 · 40% match

'RikuRyu' defy the odds to produce Japan's miracle on ice

Sports'RikuRyu' defy the odds to produce Japan's miracle on ice Japan's strict rules on dual nationality shape who can chase Olympic dream Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pose for a photo after winning gold medals in pairs skating at the 2026 Winter Ol

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-05-10 · 85% match

Keidanren chief Nakanishi to resign in June over illness

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.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-10 · 85% match

Pick to head Japan business lobby 'best suited' to advance agenda

TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation, the country's leading business lobby, named Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi as its new leader in an announcement Tuesday.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-31 · 85% match

With technological change, the good will outweigh the bad: Hitachi's Nakanishi

TOKYO -- As artificial intelligence and the internet of things are increasingly viewed as beneficial, some industries are voicing concerns about disruption.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-11-18 · 85% match

Hitachi tackles 'internet of things' with 6,000-strong team

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Hitachi looks to transform the "internet of things" into a core operation with a team of 6,000 and a newly established base in Silicon Valley, Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi said in an interview with The Nikkei.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-01-15 · 41% match

Japan’s Takaichi to dissolve parliament for snap election

AFP Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to dissolve the Lower House for a snap election soon after the annual parliamentary session begins next week, the secretary-general of her ruling party and the co-head of her junior coalition partner

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-01-24 · 75% match

Hitachi chairman: Nationalization only way to rescue UK nuclear project

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Hitachi's frozen nuclear power plant project in the U.K. could be revived only if the business is nationalized by Britain, Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi said here on Wednesday.

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-05-09 · 75% match

Hitachi praises Thailand’s potentials, proposing investment in logistics improvement

BANGKOK, 9 May 2013 President of Hitachi Japan, Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi, met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Thai Khu Fah Building in Government House. Mr.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-26 · 42% match

Taiwan's cautious embrace of Japan's new hawkish prime minister

Brian Hioe is a writer, editor, translator and activist based in Taipei. He was one of the founders of New Bloom Magazine, an online magazine covering activism and youth politics in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-16 · 41% match

Video: Japan's upper house vote is a crucial test for Ishiba's coalition

TOKYO -- Japan will hold an upper house election on Sunday -- a major test for the coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which is at risk of losing its majority in the chamber as it did in the lower house last October.

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