Editorial

14:59 JST, January 21, 2025

If young bureaucrats who would support national governance in the near future are quitting their jobs one after another, it could lead to a decline in national strength. The factors behind the increase in these resignations should be analyzed and urgent measures taken to prevent them.

A survey by the National Personnel Authority has found that of about 620 people hired in fiscal 2014 as career-track national public servants — who are candidates for key posts in the future — about 140, or 23%, had resigned by the end of fiscal 2023. This means about one in four of that cohort of recruits left their jobs less than 10 years after being hired.

In addition, the number of bureaucrats who resigned in fiscal 2023 with less than 10 years of service reached a record high of 203.

Fast-track career bureaucrats commonly get........

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