| Normal
Japanese businesses |
Foreign businesses |
Kaichou |
会長 |
This position is above that of
the shachou, and is the representative of the board of directors in a stock corporation.
In most cases, a person who has retired from being shachou takes this as an honorary
position. |
CEO |
Shachou (Daihyou torishimariyaku) |
社長
(代表取締役) |
The top person in a company’s organization.
|
Fuku shachou |
副社長 |
A person below the shachou but above the senmu
in the company organization. |
COO/CFO |
Senmu |
専務 |
A person below the fuku shachou but above the
joumu in a company organization. |
Partner |
Joumu |
常務 |
A person below the senmu but above the buchou
in a company organization. |
Buchou |
部長 |
The top person of a particular part of a company
organization. |
Managing Director |
Jichou |
次長 |
Assisting the buchou, the person in this position
oversees the kachou. |
Director |
Kachou |
課長 |
The top person of a particular section in a
particular organization in a company organization. |
Senior Manager |
Kakarichou |
係長 |
The top person of a particular task in a company
organization. |
Manager |