審議会(しんぎかい)

しんぎかい
noun
advisory council; deliberative council
formalpoliticssociety
1. advisory council; deliberative council
A council of experts set up by a ministry or local government to examine a question and report its view, usually in answer to a request (諮問(しもん)) from the minister.
審議会(しんぎかい)が開(ひら)かれた。
The advisory council met.
大臣(だいじん)が審議会(しんぎかい)に諮問(しもん)した。
The minister referred the question to the advisory council.
審議会(しんぎかい)の答申(とうしん)を受(う)けて、政府(せいふ)は制度(せいど)の見直(みなお)しを決(き)めた。
After receiving the council's report, the government decided to review the system.

A fixed part of Japanese policymaking: a ministry asks a council (諮問(しもん)), the council deliberates (審議(しんぎ)) and answers with a report (答申(とうしん)), and the government then acts. Many have long names ending in 〜審議会(しんぎかい), such as 中央教育審議会(ちゅうおうきょういくしんぎかい).

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