TOKYO — Japanese companies have increased spending on lobbying in the U.S., part of a wider trend that has seen lobbying expenditures rise 8% year-on-year early in President Donald Trump’s second term and spike nearly 50% compared with the January-March period in his first term.
Overall lobbying spending in January-March reached $1.2 billion, higher than the first quarter of the annual-record-setting year of 2024. Japanese companies in the industries of automobiles, electronics, chemicals, steel, and internet and communications spent a combined $7.29 million in January-March, up 30% year-on-year.
