Watanabe retained for breaking resistance against amakudari control

Watanabe retained for breaking resistance against amakudari control

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, who was retained as administrative reform minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet, speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27. Watanabe broke bureaucrats' resistance and pushed through legislation against the practice of ''amakudari'' in which bureaucrats take postretirement jobs at entities related to the sectors they oversaw.

'Amakudari' arrangement to be banned by end of year

'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.

'Amakudari' arrangement to be banned by end of year

'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.

Business leader not to take immediate action on 'amakudari'

Business leader not to take immediate action on 'amakudari'

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 11. Okuda said he will not take immediate action to prohibit retired top-ranking bureaucrats from working for private companies they previously supervised.

Watanabe retained for breaking resistance against amakudari cont

Watanabe retained for breaking resistance against amakudari cont

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, who was retained as administrative reform minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet, speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27. Watanabe broke bureaucrats' resistance and pushed through legislation against the practice of ''amakudari'' in which bureaucrats take postretirement jobs at entities related to the sectors they oversaw. (Kyodo)

'Amakudari' arrangement to be banned by end of year

'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)

'Amakudari' arrangement to be banned by end of year

'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)

Business leader not to take immediate action on 'amakudari'

Business leader not to take immediate action on 'amakudari'

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 11. Okuda said he will not take immediate action to prohibit retired top-ranking bureaucrats from working for private companies they previously supervised. (Kyodo)

Education ministry finds 62 illegal job placement cases

Education ministry finds 62 illegal job placement cases

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirokazu Matsuno bows in apology for the ministry's practice of "amakudari" (descent from heaven) during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 30, 2017. The ministry has confirmed 62 cases in which current or former employees acted illegally in finding jobs for retired or retiring bureaucrats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Education ministry finds 62 illegal job placement cases

Education ministry finds 62 illegal job placement cases

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 30, 2017, about a report outlining the final findings of the ministry's probe into the practice of "amakudari" (descent from heaven). The ministry has confirmed 62 cases in which current or former employees acted illegally in finding jobs for retired or retiring bureaucrats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-top education official admits "amakudari" scheme entrenched

Ex-top education official admits "amakudari" scheme entrenched

Former Japanese Education Ministry bureaucrat Kazuo Shimanuki (L) and Kihei Maekawa, who recently resigned as the ministry's administrative vice minister, attend a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2017. Maekawa admitted that the ministry had been systematically involved in seeking new jobs for retiring public servants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo