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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 マッチポンプ
 マッチ・ポンプ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
 loanword/gairaigo 外来語 wasei 和製: match pump, i.e. lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump
 stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution
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