Most civil servants received slightly more in their yearend bonuses this month. But the pay slips handed to Cabinet ministers and some others were unchanged from last year as administrative and fiscal reform began to take hold.

Most civil servants, except those in supervisory posts, were given an average yearend bonus of 722,000 yen on Wednesday, about 2.1 percent, or 15,000 yen, higher than last year, according to the Management and Coordination Agency.

The average bonus for local civil servants was 685,000 yen, or 1.5 percent higher than last year's level, according to the agency. The average age of civil servants is 36, and the average age of local civil servants is 34.

Bonuses for some 4.51 million civil servants, including workers at government-run enterprises, totaled 4.16 trillion yen, about 80 billion yen more than last year, the agency said. As part of the government's administrative and fiscal reform measures, Cabinet ministers, politicians and designated senior government officials received no pay increases this year. Their bonuses also remained the same as last year, the agency said.

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shigeru Yamaguchi each received 6.85 million yen -- the highest bonuses paid to civil servants. Among designated senior government officials, Shigehiko Hasumi, president of Tokyo University, received 4.08 million yen.

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 190,000 civil servants received an average of 1,129,900 yen in yearend bonuses, a 2.2 percent increase over the previous year's level. The average age of the officials is 42.