Japan’s Treacherous Bureaucrats
Prime minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party has fallen on hard times, owing to a wave of scandals. But a closer look at the government's problems reveals the role of Japan's entrenched bureaucrats, who have more or less allied with the opposition to subvert civil-service reforms.
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Much has been made of the massive defeat Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party suffered in the recent election to Japan’s Upper House. But, as the smoke dissipates from that vote, it has become clear that the real victor is neither the leading opposition Democratic Party (DPJ) nor the electorate. Instead, it is Japan’s bureaucrats who are celebrating.