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Women account for a record 25.8 percent of those who passed the exam for career-track public servants in fiscal 2017, the National Personnel Authority said Friday. Of 20,591 applicants, only 1,878 passed, with the ratio for woman edging up 0.3 percentage point on year to ...

Education ministry uncovers more alleged “amakudari” cases in a probe, but no evidence of systematic violations, officials say.

The Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs on Tuesday formed a 30-person team to conduct a government-wide inquiry into preferential private-sector hiring treatment for former public servants. The launch follows recent revelations of systematic involvement by the education ministry in illegally helping a senior official land ...

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced a reshuffle of its senior officials, with Budget Bureau chief Kazuho Tanaka becoming the top bureaucrat at what is effectively the most powerful government office in Japan. Tanaka, 59, who has also served as the Tax Bureau chief, replaced ...

To increase the number of female bureaucrats, the Cabinet promotes four women to bureau chief at four ministries where women have never held such lofty ranks.

Under a new government personnel management system, the prime minister's office will take the lead in promotions, transfers and appointments of senior officials at ministries and agencies to eliminate ministry sectionalism and to tap people more in line with the administration's policies.

Would-be bureaucrats may soon have to take an English-language proficiency test before getting a shot at a ministry job. The government is considering requiring candidates to take the TOEFL test from fiscal 2015 to address the growing need for English skills in a more globalized ...