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| Brian Ballard |
Japan has hired Ballard Partners, the well-connected Republican firm, to bolster its relationship with the US.
Ballard Partners will provide strategic consulting and advocacy services to the Japanese embassy in connection with its business with US federal agencies, Congress, state legislatures and executive agencies of state governments, according to its contract signed April 10 by Koichi Ai, minister and head of chancery.
The pact became effective April 1 and runs through June. Ballard Partners’ fee is $25K a month.
Brian Ballard heads the six-member lobbying team that includes senior partner Syl Lukis, managing partner Jose Diaz; and partners Dane Eagle, Adrian Lukis and Courtney Coppola.
He headed Donald Trump’s fundraising efforts in Florida.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
