議

Kyoto Protocol

representing others in a conference

round-robin cabinet

multitude of opinions

Organization name

Central Disaster Prevention Council

Organization name

National Economic Council

censure motion

ordinary meeting of the Cabinet

article-by-article discussion

direct talks; direct discussion; direct discussions

member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly

unresolved; shelved

collegiate body; collegial body; judicial panel

All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

bringing up a matter; discussion; debate; submission (e.g. a measure); referral (e.g. bill to a committee); placing (e.g. item on an agenda)

prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)

Organization name

Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office

representative government

Joint Staff Council

Montreal Protocol

going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation

Organization name

Competitiveness Council; Council for Industrial Competitiveness

backbench member (Parliament, Congress, Diet); backbencher; minor politician

political theory focused on a parliamentary system; parliamentary regime theory