Crisis of confidence in government handling of corruption, survey shows

and religious bodies as the least corrupt institution with a 2.6 score.

So they didn't consider the catholic church or the vatican to be as corrupt as they actually are ?

Maybe this Berlin based Watchdog was paid to look the other way ?

http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013/country/?country=japan

80% of people in Japan thought that political parties were affected by corruption 76% of people in Japan thought that parliament / legislature was affected by corruption

Must be some TEPCO / NRA and monopoly & co effect....

So, I suppose Japan got a rating of 5 then?