Dan Harada, Nagatacho Forum, speaks at Business Round Table
On 9 December, 2008, members of the Belgium-Luxembourg and Netherlands Chambers of Commerce gathered in the Deshima Lounge of the Dutch embassy for a Business Round Table breakfast meeting with Dan Harada of the firm Nagatacho Forum.
Dan Harada, who acquired Japanese citizenship in 1987, is a member of the LDP and the founder of Nagatacho Forum, a lobbying firm which assists foreign governments and companies in their relations with Japanese legislators.
The message of Dan Harada – eminence grise and self-acclaimed Nagatacho insider with connections to Japanese ministers, committee chairmen and the LDP leadership – was clear; apart from the upcoming Diet holidays and election, which needs to be held no later than September 18, 2009, nothing is certain in Japanese politics.