Local News

With criticism mounting of the practice of amakudari (finding comfortable post-retirement executive positions for government officials in other public sector organizations), the trend is growing nationwide for prefectural governments to disclose employment information about retired officials. The Nishinippon Shimbun reports, however, that Saga, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures in Kyushu are exceptions to this trend. They do not disclose that information about people who served as Vice-Governor or other high positions, though in many cases they are employed as executives in prefecture government-related organizations.