Top business lobby set to strengthen influence on politics

Top business lobby set to strengthen influence on politics

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses a general assembly of his organization in Tokyo on May 27. Okuda said the nation's most powerful business lobby will seek to have a greater say in politics by resuming its involvement in monetary donations to politicians.

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