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    between government bureaucrats and companies are often close. Amakudari (天下り, amakudari, "descent from heaven") is the institutionalised practice where...
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  • Legislative Council had, for years, an inquiry into the matter. Amakudari (天下り, amakudari, "descent from heaven") is the institutionalized practice where...
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  • suggests a past with the yakuza. He is a fan of Nightmare. Mr. Parachutist (天下り様, Amakudari-sama) A middle-aged man who came to 2-He from the Ministry of...
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  • Reincarnation. Amagatsu (天児, lit. 'heaven(ly) newborn') – See hōko. Amakudari (天降 & 天下り, lit. 'heavenly descent') – A (living) being who is an incarnation of a divine...
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  • Yoshi (ヨシ) Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese); Chris Smith (English) Lee (リー, Rī) Voiced by: Hiroo Sasaki (Japanese); Kyle McCarley (English) Katja (カーチャ...
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  • about JH construction projects, part of a tradition known as amakudari (天下り, "descent from heaven"). This had an effect on the public purse: an example...
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    Successive reforms also restricted the practice of amakudari (Japanese: 天下り), the “descent from heaven”, where retiring bureaucrats were sent to lucrative...
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  • Yakaneba Naranu) 25. "I Am Amakudari. I Still Don't Have Any Work to Do" (吾輩は天下りである 仕事はまだない, Wagahai wa Amakudari dearu Shigoto wa Mada Nai) 26. "As Gregor...
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  • "Earth-Shatteringly Fateful Negotiations" (天下分け目の交渉時間, Tenkawakeme no Kōshō Jikan) "Strats, Strats, Strats" (策策策, Sakusakusaku) "Unaware" (知られてない, Shiraretenai)...
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    figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. 'person under heaven') and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of...
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