The Chubu Economic Federation announced that it had decided that the chairmanship would change from Katsuno Satoshi (勝野 哲), who is retiring as chairman, to JR Central's Tsuge Yasuhide (柘植 康英). The new chairman is the first from JR Central.
On the 5th, the Chubu Economic Federation announced that it had decided that, following irregularities in seismic design data for the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, the chairmanship would change from Katsuno Satoshi (勝野 哲), who resigned as chairman, to Tsuge Yasuhide (柘植 康英). The retirement was announced effective the 5th.
The incoming chairman, Tsuge Yasuhide (柘植 康英), graduated from the University of Tokyo and joined the former Japanese National Railways in 1977. He served as president and chairman of JR Central and has been an adviser to the company since April 2023. He is from Gifu Prefecture and is the first person from JR Central to become chairman.