Scores of ex-bureaucrats landed cushy jobs at TEPCO, linked to lax nuclear safety rules

28 Sep 2011 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) had more than 50 retired bureaucrats working for the utility firm as of the end of August -- a widespread practice in Japan called "amakudari," or "descent from heaven" -- the Mainichi has learned, and former bureaucrats acknowledged that cozy ties between the government and utility firms were a key factor behind the country's lax rules governing nuclear power generation.

Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp

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