Japan's new Digital Agency prepares for daunting task of overhauling tech policy
Past efforts have stumbled due to insufficient resources and bureaucratic divisions, and an ability to overcome these structural issues will make or break the new agency.
Private sector key to the success of Japan's digital agency
In order to breathe life into the agency, it is necessary to break away from longstanding bureaucratic practices.
Women hold only 5.9% of director-level jobs in Japanese government
The data show how deeply entrenched traditional gender roles are in Japan and the hurdles that remain toward narrowing the gender gap.
Women account for record 37% of Japanese government's new recruits
A total of 9,090 new recruits joined the central government at the start of fiscal 2021, including 3,362 women.
Child care firms benefit from stock boost as Suga looks to shake up sector
Reports suggest the prime minister aims to form a new government-wide "Children’s Agency” to oversee and strengthen policy for infants and children.
Concern after Japan virus officials averaged 124 hours of overtime in January
One staffer at the Cabinet Secretariat's Office for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control was in the office for 391 hours outside of regular working hours in the month.
Progress in the government's bid to digitalize public services
One woman found that re-entering Japanese society as a citizen was more difficult than trying to enter British society as a foreign national.
Record 16% of fathers in Japan's civil service took child care leave in 2019
The health ministry reported the highest ratio among eligible male staff at 59.2%, while the Defense Ministry and the Imperial Household Agency recorded figures of just over 5%.
Japanese business leaders target overwork among country's bureaucrats
A group made up of the heads of leading companies in Japan has begun collecting signatures online as part of a bid to slash overtime work in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district, home to many central government offices, as the coronavirus pandemic forces government employees to ...
Japan's police agency to drop mandatory hanko for 315 procedures
The National Police Agency says it receives 7.9 million applications for parking-space certification and 3.6 million for public-road use every year.
Re-edited version of book by Suga drops part on keeping records
The part, which stresses the importance of maintaining records, has been replaced with an interview with the then-chief Cabinet secretary.
