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2 Contacts on behalf of JNG Shareholders Group

Date	Lobbyist	Firm	Country	Method	Level	Contact	Office	Issues
None	None	Japan Network Group	Japan	Other				Japan Network Group, Inc. ("JNG") does not believe that distributing Japanese news, entertainment, documentary, or sports programming is a political activity. JNG does not seek to influence specific opinion or politics in the United States. Rather, it seeks to earn a profit from its commercial activity. Nevertheless, JNG is registering because the Department of Justice may view the distribution of foreign news and documentaries as constituting political activity within the meaning of Section 1(o) of the Act.
None	None	Japan Network Group	Japan	Other				Japan Network Group, Inc, does not believe that distributing Japanese news, entertainment, documentary or sports programming is a political activity. JNG does not seek to influence specific opinion or politics in the United States, rather it seeks to earn a profit from its commercial activity. Nevertheless, JNG is registering because the Justice Department may view the distribution of foreign news and documentaries as constituting a political activity within the meaning of Section 1(6) of the Act.

*An asterisk in the "issues" field means no issues were listed for this specific meeting, so the client registration information is displayed instead.

7 Lobbyist Payments from JNG Shareholders Group

Date	Firm	Amount	Purpose
4/08 through 3/09	Japan Network Group	$176,326.00	None
2007-10-31	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming
2007-11-30	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming
2007-12-31	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming
2008-01-31	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming
2008-02-29	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming
2008-03-31	Japan Network Group	$191,260.00	Distributing of NHK Intl. TV Programming

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