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Gov't to cut all special budget accounts deemed unnecessary

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. The government office tasked with cutting wasteful budgetary spending endorsed a plan to basically cut all special accounts deemed unnecessary in the state budget.

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - A representative of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology speaks to the members of the Government Revitalization Unit in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. The second round of public debates aimed at streamlining programs at independent administrative institutions began the same day.

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - The Government Revitalization Unit and representatives from independent administrative institutions take part in a public debate in Tokyo on April 23, 2010.

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet minister Yukio Edano (standing), who heads the Government Revitalization Unit, speaks during the second round of public debate with bureaucrats to streamline the government in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. The unit will target programs of independent administrative institutions often criticized for providing cushy post-retirement jobs to senior bureaucrats.

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Gov't eyes 600 bil. yen credit line as JAL nears bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2010, after a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit. The state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan plans to hold a meeting with him on Jan. 13 as the entity and the government eye appointing him to become struggling Japan Airlines Corp.'s chief executive officer during the rehabilitation process.

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Waste-cutting panel begins screening, proposes end to projects

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators sit in to watch a key panel tasked with eliminating waste in government spending as the panel, divided into three groups, began screening targeted projects in budget requests for fiscal 2010 at a gymnastic hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2009. The Government Revitalization Unit, created under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's new government, reviewed 447 projects for which allocations have been requested in the budget beginning April, and at the end of the session recommended an end to landscaping expenses and other changes.

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Gov't Revitalization Unit meets for 1st time to tackle waste

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses the first meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2009. The panel, headed by Hatoyama, is designed to cut waste in government spending to make room for his government's policy initiatives.

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Gov't to cut all special budget accounts deemed unnecessary

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. The government office tasked with cutting wasteful budgetary spending endorsed a plan to basically cut all special accounts deemed unnecessary in the state budget. (Kyodo)

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - The Government Revitalization Unit and representatives from independent administrative institutions take part in a public debate in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - A representative of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology speaks to the members of the Government Revitalization Unit in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. The second round of public debates aimed at streamlining programs at independent administrative institutions began the same day. (Kyodo)

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Gov't begins 2nd round of debate to review gov't programs

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet minister Yukio Edano (standing), who heads the Government Revitalization Unit, speaks during the second round of public debate with bureaucrats to streamline the government in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. The unit will target programs of independent administrative institutions often criticized for providing cushy post-retirement jobs to senior bureaucrats. (Kyodo)

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Gov't eyes 600 bil. yen credit line as JAL nears bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2010, after a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit. The state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan plans to hold a meeting with him on Jan. 13 as the entity and the government eye appointing him to become struggling Japan Airlines Corp.'s chief executive officer during the rehabilitation process. (Kyodo)

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Waste-cutting panel begins screening, proposes end to projects

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators sit in to watch a key panel tasked with eliminating waste in government spending as the panel, divided into three groups, began screening targeted projects in budget requests for fiscal 2010 at a gymnastic hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2009. The Government Revitalization Unit, created under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's new government, reviewed 447 projects for which allocations have been requested in the budget beginning April, and at the end of the session recommended an end to landscaping expenses and other changes. (Kyodo)

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Gov't Revitalization Unit meets for 1st time to tackle waste

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses the first meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2009. The panel, headed by Hatoyama, is designed to cut waste in government spending to make room for his government's policy initiatives. (Kyodo)