'Amakudari' arrangement to be banned by end of year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 3. Aso expressed intent to forbid ministries and agencies to play a mediatory role in finding postretirement jobs for their career-track bureaucrats in the so-called ''amakudari'' practice by the end of this year. (Kyodo)

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