cooperation; collaboration; help; support
association; society; organization; organisation
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
arrangement; pact; agreement
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
concord; harmony; concert
(find) common (meeting) ground
agreement; entente; understanding
cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
conference; council; convention
pact; convention; agreement
readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
co-op; (consumers') cooperative
tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
cooperation; collaboration; (joint) participation
peace agreement; peace accord
cooperative; association; partnership
cooperation; collaboration; cooperative work
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
financial assistance; monetary contribution; sponsorship money
international cooperation; international harmony
cooperative relationship; partnership
regional revitalization cooperation team
Council of Social Welfare
international cooperation
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
international agreement; accord
memorandum of agreement; agreement; memorandum of understanding; MOU; letter of intent; heads of agreement
Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Anti-Comintern Pact (1936)
compensation payment (for co-operating e.g. with a voluntary government scheme)
cooperative; conciliatory
five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China); harmony of the five races (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese; official policy of Manchukuo)
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
trade agreement; trade pact; agreement on commerce
Anti-Comintern Pact (1936)
industry-university cooperation
British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC
continued consultation; continuous conference
Free Trade Agreement; FTA
status of forces agreement; SOFA
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
Coordinated Universal Time; UTC
Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; OECD
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
harmonious cooperation; close cooperation
College Physical Education Association
fishery cooperative association; fisherman's cooperative association
joint committee of both houses
Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia)
party to an entente; ally
management association; management conference; management institute
common front; united front
Japan Football Association
Japanese Archaeological Association
consumers' cooperative; cooperative; co-op; cooperative association
American Bible Society; ABS
labor-management cooperation; labour-management cooperation
price agreement; price-maintenance agreement
labor agreement; labour agreement
Japan Gymnastic Association; JGA
Japan-China Friendship Association
Japan Standards Association; JSA
educational-industrial complex
Amateur Athletic Union; AAU
National Rifle Association of America; NRA
Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association; JPEA
principle (or ideology) of international cooperation
Paris Agreement (on climate change)
chamber concerto; concerto di camera
put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
Japan Weather Association; JWA
(Japan) Weather Association
Association of National Universities; National University Association
Japan Amateur Sports Association; JASA
Automobile Association (UK, etc.)
Japan Society for Contemporary Music; JSCM
Japanese Bankers Association
The Japan Writers' Association; JWA
Japan Amateur Sports Association (abbr); JASA
multilateral conference; multilateral negotiations
Unification Church (kor: Tongil Gyohoe); The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
Japan Library Association
The America-Japan Society (non-profit organization)
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
Japan Security Dealers Association; JSDA
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; RSPCA
partner school (e.g. for distance learning); partner institution
Life Insurance Association of Japan
World Council of Churches; WCC
coordinated intervention; joint intervention
sales cooperative; sales cooperation
bar association (in the USA, etc.)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; OSCE
Cultural Exchange Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science; AAAS
labour-management agreement (labor)
American National Standards Institute; ANSI
Taiwan Visitors Association; TVA
Association of Department Stores
Bretton Woods Agreement (1944)
direct talks; direct discussion; direct discussions
economic partnership agreement; EPA
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
cooperative delivery vehicle (esp. for deliveries between libraries); liaison vehicle
Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
Japanese Association of University Women
Institute of Personnel Management; Society for Personnel Administration
Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
Association of Private Universities of Japan
Japan Electric Association; JEA
Japan Electronic Publishing Association
Association of Spoken Japanese for Better Communication
Adult Education Association
Association of Private Junior Colleges in Japan
American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU
Japanese Association of Private Dental Schools
day on which a nursery school requests the cooperation of parents to keep their children at home
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
National Union of General Workers (abbr.); NUGW
Japan Aluminium Association
Japan Contact Lens Association; JCLA
Japan Chain Stores Association
Japan Volleyball Association
Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
All Nippon Kashi Association
Japan Craft Beer Association; JCBA
Japan Clock & Watch Association
Japan Association of Universities of Education
Spina Bifida Association of Japan
Japan Association of Music Enterprises
All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association; AJPEA
Japan Medical Publishers Association; JMPA
All Japan Shaolin Temple Qigong Association
International Student Association of Japan
Japan Automatic Merchandising Association
Japan Nuclear Technology Institute; JANTI
Japan Transactional Analysis Association; JTAA
Japan Universities Association for Computer Education
Japan Data Communications Association
Japan Association of Municipal and Prefectural Colleges and Universities
Japan Association of Music Enterprises (abbr); JAME
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Japan Association of Travel Agents; JATA
Japan Nuclear Safety Institute; JANSI
Japan Transportation Association
Regional Banks Association of Japan
Japan Marine Surveyers and Sworn Measurers' Association
Japan Traffic Safety Association
World Nuclear Association; WNA
National Music Publishers' Association; NMPA
Japanese Literature Association
Commodity Futures Association of Japan
Automotive Safety Foundation
Japan Mini Vehicles Association
Japan School Excursion Association
Japan Mini Vehicles Association
Photographic Society of Japan
Japan Television Artist Network; JTVAN
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication; SWIFT
Second Association of Regional Banks
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Japan Sumo Association; JSA
Japan Photographers Association; JPA
business cooperative; business cooperative association
Japan Educational Association
Japan Rehabilitation Aid Association
Foreign Automobile Importers Association; Faia
Japan Intellectual Property Association, JIPA
Japan Public Relations Association; JPRA
Japan Tourism Association; JTA
Japan Tourism Association
Japan Public Health Association
Japanese Shipowners' Association; JSA
Japan Cultural Association
Kanto Electric Association
Japanese Association of Children's Book Publishers
Japan Association of International Publications; JAIP
Japan Inorganic Chemical Industry Association
Japan Association of Colleges for Business Education
Internal Auditors' Association of Japan
Japan Electronics Industry Development Association; JEIDA
Japan Mining Industry Association
Japan Mining Industry Association
Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association
Japan Jewelers Association; JJA
distributed cooperative processing
Japan Gallery Association; JGA
International Federation of National Standardization (pn)
American Automobile Association
Motion Picture Export Association of America
Community Bank Shinyo Kumiai
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations; CLAIR
Japan Seaweed Association
Japan Association of National University Libraries; JANUL
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health; IOSH
Japan Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
Japan Percussion Society; JPS
Japan Music Education Association
Japan Association of Law Schools; JALS
Japan Wagashi Association
Japan Magazine Publishers Association
Wildlife Conservation Society
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Japan Whaling Association; JWA
Japan Direct Marketing Association; JDMA
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
Japan Phototherapy Associations
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Japan Mortgage Association
Japan Soy-sauce Brewers' Association
Nihon Hidankyo; Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Japan Chemical Industry Association
Japan Spinners' Association
day on which a nursery school requests the cooperation of parents to keep their children at home
National Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Japan Bank for International Cooperation; JBIC
Japan Institute of Management and Administration; JIMA
National Futures Association
National Association of Racing
Japan Association for Educational Technology; JAET
International Peace Cooperation Headquarters
Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
Japan Medical Science Exchange Association; JAMSEA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation; JKATF
Japan Machine Tools Importers' Association; JMTIA
Japan Society for Heat Treatment
General Agreement on Trade in Services; GATS
Credit Union National Association, Inc.; CUNA
test coordination procedures
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Japan Vocational Ability Development Association
National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations
Japan Department Stores Association
Japan Department Stores Association
Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association; NIPTA
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Japan Dietetic and Enriched Foods Association
Japan Phosphatic & Compound Fertilizers Manufacturer's Association
Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute
Japan Woodworking Machinery Cooperative Association
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO
Japan Small-Type Whaling Association; JSTWA
UN Correspondents Association
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Autism Society of America; ASA
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan; IPA
Association of American Medical Colleges; AAMC
National Association of Prefectural Credit Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Japan Securities Dealers Association (abbr); JSDA
International Association for Suicide Prevention
Japan Guide-dog Association
Flat Glass Association of Japan
Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
Japan Direct Selling Association
Japan Medical Library Association; JMLA
consumers' cooperative society; consumers' cooperative association
International Japanese Education Center; IJEC
Japan Vehicle Inspection Association; VIA
Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals; JAPH
Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization
cooperative credit association
Japan Industrial and Vocational Training Association
The General Insurance Association of Japan
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Humane Society of the United States
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (abolished in 1995); GATT
Japanese Calligraphy Promotion Organization
Hokkaido Social Welfare Association
Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition
Crime Writers' Association
Japan Popular Music Writers Association; JPM
cooperation with the government from outside the cabinet
American Bankers Association; ABA
Japan Technology Transfer Association; JTTAS
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation; JIII
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Japan Musical Instruments Association
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; OIC
China Chemical Fibers Association; CCFA
study society; academic society
Dokkyo University School of Medicine
Japan Nursing Library Association; JNLA
non-cooperative game (game theory)
Correctional Association Prison Industry Cooperation
UN Association of the United States of America; UNA-USA
joint sitting of both houses (parliament, congress)
Japan Association for Greening Deserts
National Association of Shinkin Banks
Association for the Promotion of International Trade, Japan
Britain's Royal Society of Medicine
L'Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commercial
compensation (e.g. for participating in a clinical trial); reimbursement; cooperation fee
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; ASPCA
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
Consumer Electronics Association; CEA
Royal Horticultural Society; RHS
Japan Ophthalmic Instrument Association
Japan Association for the Promotion of English for Children
Japan Health Taijiquan Association
Glassfiber Association of Japan
Association of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants
Baseball Writers' Association of America
Rice Millers' Association; RMA
US Pharmacopeial Convention
Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association (previous name of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)
(former) National Association of Purchasing Management (USA); NAPM
World Federation of United Nations Associations
National Association of Manufacturers; NAM
Atomic Collision Research in Japan
National Association of Securities Dealers
International Association of Classification Societies
American Public Health Association
International Society for Contemporary Music; ISCM
International Co-operative Alliance
Association for Promotion of International Cooperation
British Royal Gardening Society
Development Education Association & Resource Center; DEAR
international peace cooperation
Air Force Association; AFA
Securities Industry Association
National Trade Union Council
cooperation between the private and public sectors
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
Northern Territories Issue Association
developmental motor coordination disorder; developmental dyspraxia
Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan
Consumer Product Safety Association
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
Central Social Insurance Medical Council
Freight Transport Association; FTA
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; AIPPI
American Association of Public Accountants
six-party talks (regarding the North Korean nuclear weapons program)
Overseas Agricultural Development Association
International Cultural Association
Institut de Development Indeustriel
Cooperative Wholesale Society
American Water Works Association; AWWA
Flexible Packaging Hygiene Association
Urban Developers' Association of Japan
International Industrial Relations Association
Institute of International Education
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; IAML
International Broadcasting Institute
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; TRIPS
Japan Information Service Industry Association; JISA
Japan International Trading Cooperation Organization; JITCO
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Chemical Industries Association; CIA
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Inter-American Press Association
International Social Security Association
International Patent Institute
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
National Trade Union Council (abbr)
Institute for Supply Management; ISM
National Grain and Feed Association; NGFA
American Forest and Paper Association
Institute of International Finance; IIF
American Chemistry Council; ACC
British and Foreign Bible Society
Pacific Accreditation Cooperation; PAC
technology association; technology institute
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
National Nutritional Foods Association; NNFA
Chartered Institute of Secretaries
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council; PECC
Society of International Education and Cultural Exchange; SIENCE
Structural Impediments Initiative talks; SII
Radiation Application Development Association; RADA
Newspaper Advertising Review Council
International Police Association; IPA
Association of American Railroads; AAR
International Trade and Industry Statistics Association
Association for Electric Home Appliances; AEHA
Institute for Democratic Education
High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan
National Air Traffic Controllers Association; NATCA
National Association of Securities Dealers; NASD
International Institute of Refrigeration
American Bar Association; ABA
Bond Underwriter's Association
economic integration agreement; EIA
American Society for Quality
Drug Information Association; DIA
Pacific Science Association
Textile Industry Restructuring Agency
International Trade Marks Association; INTA
Association of International Educational Exchange; AiEE
Society of Civil Servants
Public Relations Society of America; PRSA
British Standards Institute; BSI
Japan Petrochemical Industry Association
International Nursing Foundation of Japan
MPAA; American Film Institute; AFI
Regional Banks Association of Japan (abbr)
East Asia Travel Association
American Petroleum Institute; API
Industrial Relations Research Association
International Iron and Steel Institute; IISI
American Library Association
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; CPB
National Mining Association; NMA
American Hospital Association; AHA
South-East Asian Friendship and Culture Association
National Association of Home Builders
Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry; JEMAI
Association for Economic Development
American Arbitration Association; AAA
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering; ISPE
high contracting powers; signatories
National Society of Film Critics Awards
management association; management conference; management institute
International Association of Ports and Harbors
Haiku international association
Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan; FCCJ
International Dairy Foods Association
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Korean Standards Association; KSA
Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology; JAPT
Rural Education Association
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Association of Tokyo Psychiatric Hospitals
joint management council (labor and management)
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities; IALA
American Society for Testing Materials; ASTM
European Political Co-operation; EPC
travel allowance paid to salaried wrestlers for tournaments held outside Tokyo
Korean Traders' Association
British Trust for Ornithology; BTO
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (pn)
Aluminium Products Association
Society of Quality Assurance; SQA
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
agreed constitution (e.g. French Constitution of 1830)
Leprosy Relief Association
National Park Resort Villages
Industrial Bankers Association
Flour Millers Association
Japan Inspection Association of Food and Food Industry Environment
partner institution (esp. for foreign exchange)
Magazine Advertising Bureau
Japan Association for Refugees
Enterprise Management Association; EMA
Ethical Manufacturers' Association
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Limestone Association of Japan
(currency) swap agreement; central bank liquidity swap
Hussein-McMahon agreement (1915-1916)
Munich Agreement (1938); Munich Pact
Madrid system (for international trademarks)
joint consultation system
Japan Research Institute of Material Technology
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; PhRMA
provisional agreement; modus vivendi
Industrial Accident Prevention Association; IAPA
Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation; AAMT
Research Institute of Environmental Technology; RIET
agreed constitution (e.g. French Constitution of 1830)
Japan Carbon Fiber Manufacturers Association
Defense Facilities Environs Improvement Association
Road Safety Association (abbr.)
Three Emperors' Alliance (1881; between Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany)
Association of Biological Manufacturers of Japan
Japan Textile Evaluation Technology Council
Society for the Development of Greenspaces; sdg
illegal price-fixing agreement
Yalta Agreement (secret American-British-Soviet agreement wherein the Soviets agreed to attack Japan; February 11, 1945)
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation and Prevention Association
Pollution-related Health Damage Compensation Association
Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo
joint committee of both houses
Nihon Hidankyo (abbr); Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Federation of Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Workers' Unions
technology association; technology institute; technical cooperation
participatory government; participatory management; collaborative governance
Beneficência Nipo-Brasileira de São Paulo (abbr.) (Japanese association in Brazil)
Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (abbr); JEMAI