[gilleain]

Interesting, I had no idea what a 'ringisho' was, so I found some (likely simplistic) information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_management_culture

> The term of "ringi" has two meanings. The first meaning being of "rin", 'submitting a proposal to one's supervisors and receiving their approval,' and "gi" meaning 'deliberations and decisions.' Corporate policy is not clearly defined by the executive leadership of a Japanese company. Rather, the managers at all levels below executives must raise decisions to the next level except for routine decisions. The process of "ringi decision-making" is conducted through a document called a "ringisho".

(For reference)