April 9, 2010
Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press) -- The Japanese government will overhaul its public information disclosure system to make administrative work more transparent, Administrative Reform Minister Yukio Edano said Friday.
The government will set up an expert panel to discuss ways to make more public documents available to the public, Edano told a press conference.
Given rough ideas by the minister, the 10-member panel will start discussions on Thursday to draw up its proposals in June. Based on the proposals, the government hopes to submit an amendment bill to the information disclosure law to an extraordinary Diet session in autumn.
The revised law is expected to stipulate a shortened waiting period for information disclosure and fewer nondisclosure conditions.
The panel will be joined by Hiroshi Miyake, an attorney well familiar with the law, Takeshi Shina, parliamentary secretary of the internal affairs ministry, and Seiji Osaka, a special adviser to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
(2010/04/09-12:55)
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