amakudari

英和 用語・用例辞典

amakudari

(名)天下り (=the entry of a retired bureaucrat into a private company or a semi-government organization as an executive, the placement of a retired bureaucrat of high rank in a well-paying job in the private sector)

amakudariの用例

Amakudari is [refers to] the practice whereby retired agency officials take up positions in firms.
「天下り」は、退職した官庁の高官が(一般に退職前に在任した官庁に関連する)企業に再就職する慣習のことを言う。

In 46 corporate pension funds that entrusted money to AIJ, retired bureaucrats of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Social Insurance Agency gained executive posts through amakudari.
AIJに(資産運用の)資金を委託していた46の厚生年金基金では、厚労省や社会保険庁(年金保険機構の前身)のOBが、天下りで役職に就いていた。

The Reemployment Surveillance Commission of the government has found that the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry was involved in 10 “amakudari” mediation cases, in violation of the National Civil Service Law.
政府の再就職等監視委員会は、国家公務員法に違反して、文部科学省が「天下り」の斡旋行為10件に関与していたことを認定した。

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