中西経団連会長、再入院後初の会見　経済再生、新政権と連携

　経団連の中西宏明会長は７日、リンパ腫の再発で７月に再入院して以降、初めて定例記者会見に臨んだ。中西氏は「首相も交代する大切な局面でもあり、（新政権の政策に）しっかり経済界の意見を反映していく」と強調。その上で「経済立て直しのシナリオは明確になっていない」と述べ、新政権と連携して経済再生に取り組む考えを示した。
　中西氏は同日、一時的に病院を出て、経団連の会議と会見に出席。張りのある声で約３０分の会見をこなした後、再び病院へ戻った。会見では「病状そのものは大したことはない」と説明。会長の職務については「ご迷惑を掛けながらも一生懸命やっていきたい」との意向を改めて表明した。（2020/09/07-18:33）

Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has stressed his resolve to rev up the economy in cooperation with the country's next government, at his first press conference since he was hospitalized again in July over a relapse in his lymphoma.
   "We are at an important point with the change of prime minister, and we will reflect the voices of the business world (in the new government's policies)," he said at the press conference, held on Monday. "The scenario for rebuilding the economy is not yet clear."
   On Sept. 16, the Diet, Japan's parliament, is scheduled to elect the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will step down due to health reasons.
   On Monday, Nakanishi briefly left the hospital for a Keidanren meeting and the press conference. He returned to the hospital after the roughly 30-minute press conference. He said that his conditions are not very serious, and that he will stay on as leader of the biggest Japanese business lobby.
   He added that he is undergoing state-of-the-art medical treatment, while noting that how long he will be hospitalized is undecided.