Comments on: The new Ministry of Defense and the difference between a “Commissioner” and “Minister” in Japanese politics http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:54:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bryce http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-89162 Bryce Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/#comment-89162 "would any of that change with the ministry power-up?" Presumably ｔhe new organisation would have their own staff, not seconded from other Ministries “would any of that change with the ministry power-up?”

Presumably ｔhe new organisation would have their own staff, not seconded from other Ministries

]]> By: Aceface http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-89079 Aceface Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:05:29 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/#comment-89079 The good thing is now that the decision has made, and we don't have to waste anymore time and energy to discuss whether to do or not to do. Ｕ.Ｓ－Ｊａｐａｎ ｓｅｃｕｒｉｔｙ ｔｒｅａｔｙ,Kimigayo,hinomaru,female emperor,and now defence agency. I ｗａｓ ｐｒｅｔｔｙ interested ｗｉｔｈ Shirakawa's blog.ａｎｄ that reminded me of the names of old LDP veterans ｓｕｃｈ as Gotohda,Nonaka ａｎｄ Kamei.Ｔｈｅｙ were all against neither SDF ｎｏｒ Dｅｆｅｎｃｅ agency to have any kind of independence from the web of Ministry of Home affairs.Could this be the legacy of the century old rivarly between Naimusyo VS Military? The good thing is now that the decision has made, and we don’t have to waste anymore time and energy to discuss whether to do or not to do.
Ｕ.Ｓ－Ｊａｐａｎ ｓｅｃｕｒｉｔｙ ｔｒｅａｔｙ,Kimigayo,hinomaru,female emperor,and now defence agency.
I ｗａｓ ｐｒｅｔｔｙ interested ｗｉｔｈ Shirakawa’s blog.ａｎｄ that reminded me of the names
of old LDP veterans ｓｕｃｈ as Gotohda,Nonaka ａｎｄ Kamei.Ｔｈｅｙ were all against
neither SDF ｎｏｒ Dｅｆｅｎｃｅ agency to have any kind of independence from the web of
Ministry of Home affairs.Could this be the legacy of the century old rivarly between Naimusyo VS Military?

]]> By: Adamu http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-88926 Adamu Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:58:16 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/#comment-88926 Just speculation here, but would any of that change with the ministry power-up? All the staff will simply be kept over from their original posts, I assume. They will retain their ties to the old ministries at least for the time being. Just speculation here, but would any of that change with the ministry power-up? All the staff will simply be kept over from their original posts, I assume. They will retain their ties to the old ministries at least for the time being.

]]> By: Bryce http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-88882 Bryce Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:08:19 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/#comment-88882 One of the other advantages for the Defense bureaucracy is that it gains a greater degree of independence from other Ministries as a Ministry itself. It has already been pointed out that the Defense Agency comes under the rubric of the PMs office, but under the old system the agency was also largely staffed by people seconded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finance and the like who would return to those Ministries once their time with the Agency was up. That meant that the old Agency was full of bureaucrats whose loyalties lay with their 'home' Ministries and who from time to time would act to counter the interests of 'rival' ministries within the Agency. I've heard that it didn't make for a particularly pleasant or efficient working environment. One of the other advantages for the Defense bureaucracy is that it gains a greater degree of independence from other Ministries as a Ministry itself. It has already been pointed out that the Defense Agency comes under the rubric of the PMs office, but under the old system the agency was also largely staffed by people seconded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finance and the like who would return to those Ministries once their time with the Agency was up. That meant that the old Agency was full of bureaucrats whose loyalties lay with their ‘home’ Ministries and who from time to time would act to counter the interests of ‘rival’ ministries within the Agency. I’ve heard that it didn’t make for a particularly pleasant or efficient working environment.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Japan: difference between minister and commissioner http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-88834 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Japan: difference between minister and commissioner Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:01:55 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/12/06/the-new-ministry-of-defense-and-the-difference-between-a-commissioner-and-minister-in-japanese-politics/#comment-88834 [...] Japan government has turned Japan Defense Agency into the “Ministry of Defense”. Adamu in Mutant frog discusses about the difference between minister and commissioner in Japan’s politics. Oiwan Lam [...] [...] Japan government has turned Japan Defense Agency into the “Ministry of Defense”. Adamu in Mutant frog discusses about the difference between minister and commissioner in Japan’s politics. Oiwan Lam [...]

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