poverty problem; poverty issue
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
friction; discord; strife
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
smoking room; smoking compartment
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
classified document; confidential document
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
act of terror; act of terrorism
case worker; case officer
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
Minister for Foreign Affairs
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
idealistic thought (argument)
central government office; head office; this office
to apologize; to apologise