商工会議所(しょうこうかいぎしょ)

しょうこうかいぎしょ
noun
chamber of commerce and industry
businessbusiness
1. chamber of commerce and industry
A regional membership body of local businesses that lobbies on their behalf, offers management advice to small firms, and administers well-known certification tests such as the bookkeeping exam.
商工会議所(しょうこうかいぎしょ)に加入(かにゅう)した。
We joined the chamber of commerce.
簿記(ぼき)の試験(しけん)は商工会議所(しょうこうかいぎしょ)が主催(しゅさい)している。
The bookkeeping exam is administered by the chamber of commerce.
市(し)の商工会議所(しょうこうかいぎしょ)で、中小(ちゅうしょう)企業(きぎょう)向(む)けの経営(けいえい)相談(そうだん)を受(う)けられる。
You can get management consultations for small and medium-sized businesses at the city chamber of commerce.

Organized by city. For learners the most familiar face of the organization is the 日商(にっしょう)簿記(ぼき) bookkeeping certification, which it runs nationwide.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 商工会(しょうこうかい): society of commerce and industry — the equivalent body in towns and villages rather than cities
  • 経団連(けいだんれん): Keidanren — the national federation of large corporations, not a regional body
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