Editorials Jul 11, 2018
Investigators should strive to shed light on the collusive ties between universities and the education ministry.
National / Politics Mar 19, 2018
In an unusual move, a lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has made inquiries into a lecture at a junior high school given by the former vice education minister who accused Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of favoritism in connection with the state's approval ...
National / Politics Jun 15, 2017
Government finds 27 cases of suspected illegal job placement
Education ministry uncovers more alleged “amakudari” cases in a probe, but no evidence of systematic violations, officials say.
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE May 30, 2017
With the legalization of casinso in Japan around the corner, the police are desparately trying to defend their own sphere of interest.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Apr 8, 2017
Higher education keeps overreaching
by Philip Brasor
Since the mid-2000s, the number of Japanese people who turn 18 in a given year has remained constant at about 1.2 million. That will change with the high school graduating class of 2018, which will be smaller than the class of 2017. This eventuality, though ...
Editorials Apr 6, 2017
Bureaucrats landing jobs in the private sector on the basis of the powers of government ministries and agencies sows the seeds of corruption.
National Mar 30, 2017
Education ministry probe finds 62 illegal cases of 'amakudari'
The education ministry said Thursday it has confirmed 62 cases in which current or former employees acted illegally in finding jobs for retired or retiring bureaucrats. A report on the final findings of the ministry’s probe into the practice of amakudari (literally "descent from heaven") ...
National Mar 18, 2017
'Amakudari' probe expands to Foreign Ministry as 30 new cases turn up
The education ministry’s involvement in illegally finding jobs for retiring bureaucrats expands to the Foreign Ministry as 30 new cases emerge.
Editorials Feb 23, 2017
Revelations of "amakudari" at the education ministry underline the need for all ministries and agencies to undergo strict investigations to root out the practice across the government.
National Feb 21, 2017
'Amakudari' scandal widens as education ministry finds new cases
The education ministry found 17 new cases in which its personnel had been involved in illegally securing post-retirement positions for bureaucrats in recent years, the ministry said Tuesday.
National Feb 17, 2017
A total of 40 education ministry bureaucrats landed post-retirement jobs at universities between January 2009 and last April, and half took up their positions just a day after leaving the ministry, government sources said. As re-employment immediately after retiring from civil service could violate the ...
National Feb 6, 2017
'Amakudari' scheme at ministry systemized by '13, education chief reveals
by Mizuho Aoki
The education ministry had established a systematic practice for seeking new jobs for retiring bureaucrats via a retired official by around 2013, the education minister disclosed Monday.