Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Wednesday a planned third-party advisory panel to monitor the government's administrative reform efforts will play a key role in countering anticipated objections from bureaucrats against the reform.
"We believe the advisory body will have significant gravity in promoting the administrative reform strictly in line with the basic administrative reform law," Hashimoto said in an interview with The Japan Times.
The law that serves as the framework for what Hashimoto calls a "slimmer, efficient and transparent administration for the 21st century" was enacted Tuesday.