Japan's nuclear regulator has never been independent from the industry or from the powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, which promotes nuclear power.
The funds now represent a nearly $2 trillion industry, which promotes itself as easy for the average investor to understand but, as Mr. Ross indicated, is becoming ever more complex.
The credit card industry, which promoted a handful of cards in the 1960s and 1970s, now offers hundreds of ways to say "charge it". But is it truly worthwhile for firms to offer so many different options?
National government, international lending agencies and private industry which promote, build and finance the infrastructure necessary to extract resources must bear the responsibility for the costs of impact mitigation.
However cultural differences and local heritages are being actively maintained by people seeking to maintain their local ways of life, by governments seeking to preserve or invent national identities, and by tourism and heritage industries which promote and profit from spatial and temporal difference.
Almost every business now needs some sort of technology expertise, with 41% of the UK's 1.6m tech jobs in non-digital businesses, according to Tech City UK, which promotes digital industry.
The single-award approach is contrary to well established procurement requirements and is out of sync with industry's multi-cloud strategy, which promotes constant competition, fosters rapid innovation and lowers prices," he said, echoing the language in the complaint.
The Credit Card Research Group (CCRG), which promotes the card industry, estimates that people will spend £9.6bn on credit cards and £10.8bn on debit cards next month, which would represent a rise of more than 10% overall on last year.
At Uruguay's National Meat Institute, which promotes the beef industry, Silvana Bonsignore, the director of marketing, cited a 2004 study of four cities — Atlanta, Boston, Denver and Washington — showing that many Americans knew very little about Uruguay the country, let alone its reputation for beef.
The other two officials are Kazuo Matsunaga, the top bureaucrat at the ministry, and Tetsuhiro Hosono, leader of the ministry's energy resources bureau, which promotes the power industry.
"It's just like having a driver's license," said Paul Sundberg, vice president of science and technology for the National Pork Board, which promotes the pork industry.
