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Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Legend

Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

silver standard system

to compile a book

Organization name

Administrative Reform Promotion Office; Administrative Reform Task Force

Organization name

Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Computing

Japanese environment

Law

Basic Act on Disaster Management

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

Organization name

Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association

Japanese linguistics

nihonjinron; theories of Japanese cultural or racial uniqueness

Organization name

Japan Junior Chamber

Organization name

Japan Security Dealers Association; JSDA

Organization name

Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)

Economics; Finance

constant capital

Organization name

Japanese Archaeological Association

fundamental reform; dramatic overhaul

Service

Keikyū Main Line

Company name

Shinnihon Corporation

Japanese Pharmacopoeia

Organization name

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

adaptation of a famous poem

Japan bashing