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Lobbying firm strives to be bridge to Diet

Nagatacho Forum offers foreign clients link to lawmakers, consumers

By Peter Crookes
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Aug 19, 2006

Politics is the art of persuading people to agree with you.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='250' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='../images/photos2006/nn20060819f1a.jpg' WIDTH='250' HEIGHT='166'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B> Dan Harada –

and Daniel Lintz of Nagatacho Forum pose at a Tokyo hotel in July. PETER CROOKES PHOTO

Lobbying is the business of persuading politicians to listen to you.

Hidetaka Ishii, an official at the Chiba Municipal Government, says close coordination with private-sector operators is key for regional decarbonization efforts.

Japan’s climate heroes show potential and limits of local initiatives

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.

Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly

By Tomoko Otake

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