The scene couldn't have been more gratifying for Jürgen Trittin. The German ambassador to Japan was giving a dinner party at his residence in Tokyo, and Trittin, Green Party floor leader in the German parliament, was the guest of honor. Over a main course of marinated bonito and beef tenderloin, one could have been forgiven for believing that a global green renaissance was just around the corner -- or perhaps that Japan was about to embark on a German-style energy revolution.
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