The Democratic Party of Japan is looking to abolish a public job placement body for civil servants to follow through on its pledge to end "amakudari," the practice of giving officials jobs at organizations or companies operating in areas they supervised prior to retirement, party sources have said.
If the main opposition party takes power in the Aug. 30 general election, the DPJ-led government would submit a bill to an extraordinary Diet session in the fall to revise the National Public Service Law to implement the plan, the sources said.
A watchdog panel that oversees services provided by the job placement body and looks into cases of possible conflicts of interest would also be abolished, the sources added.