Meanings

academic journal

mass society

social progress

track meet

keiretsu subsidiary

Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet)

Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet

answers in the Diet

Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet

wholly-owned subsidiary

Kōchikai (historically the most liberal faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)

full parent company

Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940-1945)

credit card company

to take the opportunity (to do something)

Potsdam Conference (conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany; July-August 1945)

opportunity cost

Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)

secret society of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

European Commission (executive of the EU)