is a Japanese unionist. From 2009 to 2015, he served as president of

Rengo The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan ...

, the largest national trade union federation in Japan, having previously been its general secretary.

Prior to Rengo leadership

Koga was born in Fukuoka, and studied engineering at the

University of Miyazaki is a national university primarily in the Kibana neighborhood of southern Miyazaki city, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The name is sometimes shortened to the abbreviation "UoM" or the portmanteau "Miyadai." The predecessor of the school was founded ...

and then joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, which is now known as

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. He joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Workers’ Union in April 1975, joined the board of the union in 1986, became general secretary in July 1994 and then president in July 1996. In July 2002 he was elected as president of the Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union (DENKI RENGO), and in September 2004 he became president of the Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions (IMF-JC).

Rengo leadership

In September 2005 he was elected general secretary of Rengo unopposed, and in October 2009 he was elected to succeed Tsuyoshi Tagaki as president. He was re-elected in 2011. Rengo is affiliated with the

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, but on June 28, 2012 Koga made a speech at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters stating that Rengo may reconsider its future.The Japan Time
Labor leader hints at cooler DPJ ties
Retrieved on July 4, 2012

References

External links

* Rengo

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(English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Koga, Nobbuaki Japanese trade union leaders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Miyazaki alumni