In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
The government is desperate to keep inflation down.
政府はインフレを押え込もうと躍起になっている。
Russia is facing great financial difficulties.
ロシアは大変な財政困難に直面している。
The government is compelled to reconstruct national finance.
政府は国家財政の建て直しを迫られている。
There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president.
私が大統領として行った決定や政策に賛成しようとしない人間もたくさんいるだろう。
For all his political activities he was in essence a singer.
いろいろと政治活動をしているが彼は本質的に歌手であった。
To get the nation's economy out of the red, more foreign aid had to be pumped in.
その国の財政の赤字をなくすには、もっと、たくさんの外国の援助を注ぎ込まなければならなかった。
It takes time to develop political awareness.
政治意識を育むには時間がかかる。
Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.
In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.
英国では国王は君臨するが政治は行わない。
The talented finance minister's ingenuity has helped his bankrupt nation to get out of the red.
有能な大蔵大臣の創意になる処置は、行き詰まった国の財政から赤字をなくすのに役立った。
If students today had more free time, they might show more interest in politics.
今の学生に暇な時間がもっとあれば、政治にもっと関心を見せるかも知れない。
Tokyo seems to have got the message from Washington.
日本政府は米国の真意が分かっているようだ。
It is our national conviction that politics is a dirty and dishonest pursuit.
政治とは汚れた不正な仕事であるというのが私たち国民んお思っていることです。
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
巨大な連邦財政赤字がアメリカ経済を長年に渡って苦しめている。
This political problem gave rise to hot discussions.
この政治的問題は激しい議論を巻き起こした。
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And whi
Benjamin Franklin was an American statesman and inventor.
ベンジャミン・フランクリンはアメリカの政治家であり発明家であった。
He has the backing of a certain politician.
彼にはある政治家の息がかかっている。
In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.
I don't agree with the government's policy on education.
私は政府の教育政策には賛成できません。
The government will provide interest-free loans to firms that participate in the program.
政府はその計画に参加する企業には無利子の融資を行う。
The politician receives on Wednesdays.
あの政治家は水曜日が面会日だ。
In such a case, restraints in fiscal policy must be brought into play.
そのような時は、財政政策の抑制が活用されなければならない。
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.