bureaucrat

But Katayama, who transitioned from a two-decade career as a finance ministry bureaucrat to a politician in 2005, is seen as more fiscally conservative and has expressed concerns about the yen’s weakness.

So why do government bureaucrats insist on keeping the distinctions and are reinforcing, expanding and mandating them?

Elected politicians and career bureaucrats are pointing fingers at each other.

Some parents were certain that the change would not affect their children and that the people who had been laid off were just overpaid government bureaucrats.

On the surface, the idea of hundreds of suited bureaucrats shaking hands and drawing up plans may appear drab - but history tells us that what they decide often has huge repercussions for the world.