Visit the ski resort of Shiga Kogen 18 miles northeast of Nagano city, where Tsutsumi has three Prince hotels.

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"We know decisions will be made in the third week of the month, so we try to move faster and pull things ahead if we can, " says Nissan's chief operating officer, Toshiyuki Shiga.

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