tious expenses were reported. For example, overtime that was earned was not listed at many businesses. Many bureaucrats reported their expenses of meals, travel, and accommodations on trips that were never taken. In Japanese business there were funds that were set up called "slush funds". These were used to maintain good relations with other bureaucracies or politicians. One of the most serious instances was when a MHW inspector who would approve new drugs on the market, was caught leaking information on the drugs and approving them without testing. In one town in Japan, a chief accountant embezzled more then the towns entire budget. Industry and business were the main cause of this corruption that ran rapid after World War II. This corruption remained throughout so many years because of its toleration. Since punishment was not an issue, it became a way of relations in politics. "The only Japanese prime minister ever felled by a sex scandal had to resign, not because he had a mistress but because he was revealed as a cheapskate when the mistress complained he hadn't paid her enough"(Hiatt).
             These scandals became very popular in Japanese history. Although the US has suffered scandals in the past in our political system. We do not compare to the Japanese political "gift giving" that has escalated to such big political scandals. Leading all the way to the top of the system, the finance ministry's vice minister was once found guilty of a huge scandal that shocked everyone.
             "The finance ministry's vice minister is one of Japan's most powerful people - in many ways, the most powerful man (for it is always a man) in government. In a system in which business, bureaucracy and politics are so closely entwined, the finance ministry's bureaucrats traditionally sit at the center of the web. They rule over taxes and budgets and keep a heavy hand in economic policy, financial market regulation, trade issues and more. Former min...