Since its landmark victory in the Aug. 30 general election, the Democratic Party of Japan has continued efforts to shake up the power structure to make good on its promise to create an accountable administration.
But its latest steps to cancel routine news conferences by bureaucrats and open up the closed press club system have met resistance from major media outlets, with some questioning whether the change will actually reform the bureaucracy.
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