Legal measures of countering corruption in the sphere of the Japan’s public service

Abstract

This article presents a brief analysis of the Japanese legislative acts' provisions which aim at eliminating or minimizing conditions facilitating corrupt behavior of public servants including a review of basic legal acts regulating a state (civil) service, establishing prohibitions and restrictions in the service activity of officials, providing prevention of interests’ conflict and abuse or committing other illegal activities by officials of states structures. It was shown measures of criminal or disciplinary nature adopted national Law against offenders. It was also shown main directions of activity and functions of the specialized state bodies authorized for detection and suppression of corruption offenses. It was also told about an institute of whistleblowers having an important role for revealing offences and whose activities is provided by Law, and whistleblowers’ information about corruption facts is considered by law enforcement bodies as a reason to begin a formal investigations.