6 Careers after Retirement

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Contributors XI
5. Abbreviations XVII
6. Introduction The Institutional Landscape of Japanese Politics and Public Administration XXIII
7. Part 1 History of Japanese Bureaucracy
8. 1 The Modern Bureaucracy 1
9. 2 Postwar and Showa 21
10. Part 2 System, Underlying Laws and Rules/Regulations
11. 3 The General Structure of Japanese Bureaucracy and Administrative Jurisdiction under the Current Law 37
12. 4 Employment Process and System: Merit System and Competitive Examination 71
13. 5 Ethics and Regulations 93
14. 6 Careers after Retirement 109
15. Part 3 Relationship with Politics and the Legislative Process
16. 7 Legislation and Politics: A Key Public Policy Tool under Changing Governance 123
17. 8 Bureaucracy in the Japanese Legislative Branch 146
18. 9 Japan’s Political and Administrative Reforms and Governance after the 1990s 165
19. 10 The Changing Relationship between Politics and Bureaucracy 182
20. 11 Japanese Bureaucracy from a Comparative Perspective: Case Studies in Political Control over the Civil Service 200
21. Part 4 Bureaucracy in Practice: Latest Examples and Issues for Each Ministry
22. 12 Cabinet Secretariat and Office 215
23. 13 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 237
24. 14 The National Police Agency and the Police System 258
25. 15 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 272
26. 16 Fiscal Consolidation and the Ministry of Finance 289
27. 17 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 305
28. 18 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 320
29. 19 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 336
30. 20 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 351
31. 21 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 374
32. 22 Ministry of the Environment 392
33. 23 Ministry of Defense 410
34. 24 The Past and Future of Japanese Public Administration and Bureaucracy 426
35. Appendix Development of Japanese Politics and Administration 436
36. Index 439