Daimaru; Daimaru (Japanese department store chain)
corporation law; company law
investment advisor; financial adviser
managing director; president of a company (US)
management (of corporate affairs); business execution; administration of business matters
Financial Instruments and Exchange Act
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
electrical equipment; electrical machinery; electrical appliances
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
summoning of a sworn witness (court, Diet); subpoena
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
major stockholder; large shareholder
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
Financial Services Agency; FSA
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
general meeting of stockholders
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point