stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament)
Rikujoujieitainerimachuutonchi
arrival on scene; arrival on location
Rikujoujieitaiasakachuutonchi
government of Tokyo Metropolis
Arisugawanomiyakinen Park
to be bewitching; to look coquettish; to behave in an alluring manner; to behave in a seductive manner
cover letter; covering letter
homegrown terrorism; domestic terrorism
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
conference program; conference programme
disaster imagination game; disaster simulation exercise; DIG
1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993
looking back (at the past); looking around; surveying
state sponsor of terrorism; state that sponsors or supports terrorism
nuisance parking; thoughtless parking
disillusionment with politics
separately; apart; severally; individually
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
highly educated person; academic; scholar
host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual