Meanings

chairman of (party) policy bureau

investigation committee of a local assembly (under Section 100 of the Local Government Act)

gathering

Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

(material) recycling society

National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium)

Society of Friends

club bulletin

study group

dialogue corpus (dialog)

account book

society for the study of manga

executive meeting

branch temple or church

Imperial Diet

phone conference

prayer meeting

(private) investigation company

indictment committee

European Commission (executive of the EU)