Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister in charge of administrative reform, unveiled a government blueprint Tuesday for overhauling the civil service that would make promotion subject to performance and tighten rules regarding retiring bureaucrats who go to work in the private sector.
The blueprint also indicates that the state will consider granting government employees the right to strike -- an idea floated within the ruling coalition -- in return for removing their special job protection privileges.
The "Framework on Reform of Government Service" was endorsed by the Cabinet task force on administrative reform at a plenary meeting held at the Diet building.