oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
league; federation; union
leader (of an alliance); leading power
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
alliance; aimag; league; administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
blood pledge; oath signed in blood
League of Blood (1930s ultranationalist Japanese terrorist organization)
member nation; member state; signatory
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
Legan Lombarda; northern-based opposition alliance; Northern Alliance
participating store; participating merchant; member store; franchise store; franchisee
offensive and defensive alliance
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
non-member state; non-member nation
concluding an alliance; making a pledge
Holy Alliance (of Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1815)
United Nations member; UN member state
non-alignment; nonalignment
association formed to carry out an objective
Grand Alliance (against France)
Diet members caucus; caucus of the Diet
Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)
member countries (e.g. treaty, UN, etc.); member states
signatory (country); party (to a treaty)
Japan Swimming Federation
forming an alliance; conclusion of a treaty of alliance
Delian League (the Athenian empire)
member state of the European Union; EU country
Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)
FIFA; Fédération Internationale de Football Association; International Federation of Football Association
All Japan Kendo Federation
Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
International Association of Athletics Federations; IAAF
Social War (91-87 BC); Marsic War; Italic War
Christian Democratic Union (Germany); Christian Democrats; CDU
International Swimming Federation; FINA
International Sports Federation
student strike; school strike
Japanese Association of Religious Organizations
Japan High School Baseball Federation
ShorinjiKempo Federation Foundation
Federation Aeronautique Internationale; International Aeronautical Federation; FAI
Licensed Agency for Relief of Asia (LARA)
Association of Korean Residents in Japan
International League for Human Rights
Japanese Federation of the Deaf; JFD
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
National Wildlife Federation
Japan Association of Athletics Federations; JAAF
The Federation of Music Producers Japan
Japan Federation of Employers' Associations
All Japan Judo Federation
Japan Education Association
Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; FIA
Japanese Confederation of Labor (1936-1939); Zensō; Japanese Confederation of Labor (1964-1987); Dōmei
Japan Federation of Indoor Cycling; JFIC
Japan Amateur Baseball Association
International Union of Students
League of Japan Abacus Associations
International Federation of Automatic Control
Japan High School Baseball Federation
Maritime Promotion Federation
Japan Ecology Fishing Federation; JFF
Japan Educational Theatre Association
National Trade Union Confederation (1930-1936)
Japan Tourist Hotel Association
All Japan High School Athletic Federation
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
Japan Dentists Federation
World Federation of United Nations Associations
International Co-operative Alliance
Association of International Instructors; AII; US YMCA diving education system founded 1959
Japanese Federation of Mental Health and Welfare
International Gymnastics Federation
Milk Tea Alliance (online democratization solidarity movement)
Japanese Confederation of Labor (1964-1987) (abbr); Dōmei
Revolutionary Communist League
International Cycling Union; UCI
Federation of International Musicians
International Federation of Accountants; IFAC
Diet members caucus supporting small business
League of the Three Emperors (1873-1887)
International Democratic Union
alliance; state of alliance
World Anti-Communist League
International Kendo Federation
(European) Economic and Monetary Union; EMU
World Fellowship of Buddhists
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Federation equestre internationale
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
International Sumo Federation (highest body in amateur sumo)
principle of nonalignment; nonalignment policy
Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africane
International Federation of the Red Cross; IFRC
International Judo Federation; IJF
International Federation of Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment
labor federation; labour federation
British Equestrian Federation
producer-retailer alliance
Federation Dentaire Internationale
International Table Tennis Federation; ITTF
trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)
International Dairy Federation
Central Baseball Organization
Pacific League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Petroleum Association of Japan; PAJ
Federation of American Hospitals; FAH
Japan Petroleum Development Association
Haibane Renmei (2002 anime series)
British Iron and Steel Federation
Pan-Green Coalition (Taiwan political bloc)
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
Pan-Blue Coalition (Taiwan political bloc)