勧かん工こう

noun

encouragement of industry; industrial promotion

Historical term referring to government or institutional efforts to promote and develop industry, especially during Japan's modernization period. Rarely used in modern everyday language.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、政せい府ふは勧かん工こう政せい策さくを推すい進しんした。

  During the Meiji period, the government promoted industrial encouragement policies.