Shizuka Kamei, the minister responsible for postal reform has named former bureaucrat and vice-Finance Minister Jiro Saito as the new head of post. The 73-year-old is president of investment firm Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. Saito becomes the successor to the retiring Yoshifumi Nishikawa.”Saito agrees with the Government's opinion that the post-privatization must be re-evaluated,” said Shizuka Kamei, the election of the head of post. Read the rest of this entry »

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is since Sunday in Pyongyang on a state visit. At a gala welcome to have said according to the newspaper Korea Herald, China wants to improve relations with North Korea “in all areas.” Experts believe that the issue of nuclear disarmament of North Korea comes to language. Read the rest of this entry »

A key election promises of the Democratic Party, was to eliminate the influence of bureaucrats on policy measures. The politicians should have the say in the future. After the Prime Minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama has taken the first appointments to the ministries, the bureaucrats of various ministries seem to have recognized the seriousness of the situation slowly. Read the rest of this entry »