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http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/20/power-09_Fujio-Mitarai_RRP9.html
Who Is …… Fujio Mitara
Canon, Inc. ADR Chairman
Japan
Age: 74
Chairman of consumer electronics giant Canon is also head
of Japan’s most powerful business lobby, the Nippon Keidanren.
Chairman of consumer electronics giant Canon is also head of
Japan’s most powerful business lobby, the Nippon Keidanren. Oversees
1,600-strong membership, 130 industrial associations, 47 regional
organizations, 1,300 companies. Anomaly to Japan, Inc: Fast, decisive,
profit-oriented, far cry from bureaucratic consensus-builders holding
back recovery. Uphill battle ahead working with newly elected Democratic
Party of Japan, as nearly all Keidanren political contributions went to
50-year incumbents Liberal Democratic Party. In 2007, members
contributed total of 2.91 billion yen ($30.8 million) to LDP, vs. measly
80 million yen ($890,000) to DPJ. Criticizes DPJ proposals to ban
temporary workers from manufacturing companies, cut greenhouse gases by
25% from 1990 levels by 2020.
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