measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
political measures; policy
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
good policy; wise policy; best plan
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
solution; solution strategy
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
blunder; slip; error; error
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
countermeasure; counter-measure
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
countermeasure; counter-measure
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
to take measures (against); to take steps
excellent plan; best policy
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
defensive measure; defense plan
preventive measure; precautionary measure
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
hard-line policy; tough measure
plan B; alternative plan; workaround
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
measure to win someone over to one's side
task force; response team; squad; unit
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
tax planning; tax reduction strategy
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.)
desperate measure; last-ditch effort
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
countermeasures to the falling birthrate
prevention measure; preventive measures
election campaign strategy; election tactics
shrewd (dirty) trick; sinister scheme (design); sly art
disaster countermeasures office (temporary structure in case of emergency); headquarters for disaster control; disaster response headquarters
infection control; infection prevention measures
infection control measures; steps to avoid infection
safe plan; infallible measure
trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
unwise plan; bad policy; inexpediency
precautions against earthquake; anti-earthquake measures; antiearthquake procedures; earthquake countermeasures
appeasement policy; policy of appeasement
support measures; assistance measures; support plan
positive plan; constructive policy
desperate measure; expedient of last resort
poor policy; poor plan; unwise measure; (one's own) plan
measures to stimulate employment; employment measures
to intrigue; to play a trick on; to resort to tricks
making a plan; recommendation; suggestion
scheme to provoke discord (e.g. between countries); alienating measure
border control measures (against smuggling, disease, etc.)
welfare policy; social welfare measures
promotional measure; stimulation measure (for the economy)
tax-saving measure; tax-reduction strategy
one-child policy (of the PRC)
(political) policy position; line of policy; party line
countermeasures against unemployment; relief measures for the unemployed
Organized Crime Countermeasures Division; Organized Crime Division
stopgap measure; temporary expedient
Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members
measures against snow; snow control measures; snow countermeasures
emergency or temporary measure
racial segregation; apartheid
policy shift; policy U-turn
austerity plan; austerity program; austerity programme
government-controlled corporation
policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
obscurantist policy; keep-the-people-ignorant policy
counter-inflation measures
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
ruse; ploy; trick; chicanery; booby trap
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
(written) treatment of current events
Society for the Study of Social Policy
antidepression policy; antirecession policy; counterrecession policy; economic recovery policy; remedy for depression
Environmental Pollution Prevention Act
Basic Act on Disaster Management
Act for the Promotion of Measures to Prevent Bullying
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC
policy of reducing acreage (under cultivation)
ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation
Japan Finance Corporation; JFC
austerity measure; fiscal austerity
tax cut policy; tax reduction policy; tax-abatement policy
mediocre stratagem; predictable tactic; poor scheme; trite ploy; unimaginative plan
business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy
do-nothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation
honesty is the best policy
energy-saving measures; energy-saving strategy
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Abe faction
Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea)
conservative (regressive) policy
organized crime countermeasures; measures against organized crime
Northern Territories Affairs Administration
Youth Affairs Administration
National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid (NASVA)
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; GRIPS
Juvenile Problems Section in the Prime Minister's Office
Japan Economic Policy Association; JEPA
Development Bank of Japan
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
committee of the National Diet
State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy
Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes
safe plan; safe move; safe play; precautions
Northern Territories Issue Association
State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy
technological solution; technical answer
National Policy Research Institute; NPRI
package of economic stimulus measures; comprehensive economic measures; comprehensive economic stimulus package
furniture tipping countermeasures; furniture tip-over precautions
Pachinko Pachislot Security Information Organization; PSIO
Institute for Information and Communications Policy; IICP
Three Noes (former Taiwan policy of no contact, no negotiation and no compromise with China)
National Institute for Education Policy Research
National Institute for Educational Policy Research
search engine optimization; SEO
Organized Crime Countermeasures Department (of the Japanese police); Organized Crime Department
National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management; NILIM
(railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem; countermeasure program (policy)
Act on Special Measures against Novel Influenza, etc.
policy-induced slump; stagnation resulting from poor economic policies
International Food Policy Research Institute; IFPRI
emergency employment measures; emergency job-creating measures
policy-related; policy based; policy relevant
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy; NISTE
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act
policy-based financial institution; policy-driven financial institution; policy bank
routing (cables, esp. in vehicles)
taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)
search engine optimization; SEO
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter)
ultra-loose monetary policy
Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; PRIMAFF
Environmental Policy Institute
protective measure; safeguard
cross-shareholdings policy
all-around policy; please-everyone policy
Sunshine Policy (South Korean policy of engaging with North Korea)
administrative government agency; policy-making government agency
Look East policy (Malaysia)