"The Responsibility of Bureaucrats" Shigeaki Koga Price: ¥792 #ShigeakiKoga #Books #BOOK #Nonfiction #Education "Kasumigaseki is a graveyard for talent" - the author cuts straight to the point. Japan's best and brightest, graduates of the top universities, talented individuals who entered the ministries with high aspirations. However, their code of conduct is not "for the country" but "for the ministry." They are preoccupied with expanding their vested interests and securing their positions, and they don't consider amakudari (post-retirement jobs) or sabotage shameful... Why do bureaucrats go down the path of corruption? Japan's fiscal situation is dire. If we leave them, who have lost their policy-making abilities, this country will end. A reform-minded bureaucrat from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, feared by the political and bureaucratic worlds and ultimately forced to resign, exposes the ecology of the closed, demonic temple. This is a used book purchased from a used bookstore. It is not new. There are no markings, but there is a library stamp on the last page. Please refrain from purchasing if you are concerned. This was used as a reference. Cannot be bundled with other items. Thank you very much.