A government proposal to drastically overhaul government-backed corporations is facing resistance from the ministries and agencies that control them, according to a government report released Friday.
Nobuteru Ishihara, minister in charge of administrative and regulatory reforms, submitted the report to a key government panel headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in its meeting Friday morning.
The report outlines reform plans for each government-backed corporation as proposed by the secretariat of the Cabinet's administrative reform headquarters, as well as arguments against the proposals put forward by the ministries and agencies overseeing them.