The Finance Ministry published a position paper Thursday outlining its “mission” and “policy objectives” for the first time in its 131-year history, ahead of the government’s major restructuring in January.
The paper, available on the ministry’s Web site, defines its mission as conducting administrative work with “high efficiency and transparency” by taking into account the “viewpoint of people as taxpayers.”
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