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...Other climate initiatives are in the works as Japan prepares for the 2020 Olympics, said Kunio Ito, a professor of Hitotsubashi University and one of the founding members of Japan’s TCFD Consortium....
...Mr Abe’s law requires companies to pay workers the same when they are doing the same work....
...The rise in revelations is also the result of increased scrutiny from investors, regulators and companies themselves in the wake of Mr Abe’s reforms, says Tokyo Shoko Research manager Kunio Hashimoto....
...Nor does his power stop at Toyota: he is a face of corporate Japan, with close ties to Shinzo Abe, the prime minister. His influence extends to the wages of the country’s workforce and the economy....
...Kunio Watanabe, the recently appointed chief executive of Nomura Asset Management, the Japanese fund house, gives off the relaxed air of someone who found himself in the right place at the right time....
...Mr Abe’s year-long implosion was followed by a lacklustre year under Yasuo Fukuda, a decent but uninspiring prime minister....
...Ichiro’s son, Iichiro, became foreign minister and the election of Ichiro’s grandsons, Kunio and Yukio Hatoyama, as LDP Diet members brought comparison to America’s Kennedy brothers....
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