Farm ministry to punish 12 officials entertained by rice traders

Saturday 04th October, 06:12 AM JST

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MrMukatsuku at 04:58 PM JST - 4th October

8,500 current and former ministry officials who have been in charge of rice distribution.

There's nothing like being comitted to your job is there - no evidence of job-hopping here folks.

When did Japan trade in the hierarchical management structure for the cloud management structure? I mean, with the hierarchical structure it was easy to work out where the buck stopped.
thepro at 06:39 PM JST - 4th October

haha again the Japanese way of looking like you are doing something but not really doing anything is to say 'we are considering...'
outofmydepth at 08:02 PM JST - 4th October

i am sure they werent wined and dined with tained rice products. thats too bad, actually.
solarbuster at 08:12 AM JST - 5th October

MrMukatsuku, it is easy to see where the buck stopped, under the table! but I guess it is under who's table most of it stopped that remains un-answered. That was never answered under the hierarchical structure either
MrMukatsuku at 10:33 AM JST - 5th October

solarbuster@

I agree - In Japan where the buck stops is never answered - period!

I was pointing out that the top of the hierarchical structure is usually where the buck stops... but not in Japan. No, no, in Japan it's usually some poor schmuck in the mangement chain that has been convinced to sacrifice himself, with the hidden agenda (hidden from the schmuck) of: some double dealing politicial can carry on their corrupt career.

Maybe statement was a bit leading... and I think that we may never find out who is really to blame for this scandal.

The gravy train carries lots of passengers!
IchyaParadise at 01:22 PM JST - 7th October

But hey, they are just considering it...wonder when they will decide?