How to say "governance" in Japanese

• ガバナンス
  nounThe default choice for governance in the corporate sense, covering how companies and organizations are directed and controlled. A loanword used in business, finance, and policy discussion.
• 治略ちりゃく
  nounCovers governance in the sense of ruling or governing a territory, but it is a rare, bookish word. Seldom the word you want in ordinary contexts.
• 統領とうりょう
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMeans rule or command more than governance proper; a formal or literary term for leadership over a group. Rarely the natural rendering of governance.
• 行政ぎょうせいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA common word for governance by government: public administration, and by extension the authorities themselves. Use it when governance refers to running state or local affairs, not corporations.
  その省しょうは内政ないせい問題もんだいの行政ぎょうせいをつかさどる。↗

  The ministry administers the internal affairs.

Use 「ガバナンス」 for modern corporate governance; 行政 for public administration and the authorities; the literary 治略 and 統領 are rare and seldom what you want.

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• ガバナンスgovernance (esp. corporate)
• 治略ちりゃくgovernance
• 統領とうりょうrule
• 行政ぎょうせいadministration