Japanese Bureaucracy

Atsushi Tsuneki

Japanese Economy, 2012, vol. 39, issue 3, 49-68

Abstract: This article takes up three representative arguments that regard Japanese bureaucracy as superior, harmful, or benign for the Japanese economy and supports the view that the Japanese bureaucracy cannot behave independently from the intentions of politicians. But the effect of Japanese bureaucracy on the quality of public policy in Japan is nonetheless important. I consider the problem of human resource management in the Japanese bureaucracy, and point out that the real defect within the present Japanese bureaucracy is not corruption or idleness but its incompetence in recommending appropriate public policies that maximize social welfare.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X390303

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