MITI and the Japanese miracle

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TABLE

4

Placement of Graduates of the University of Tokyo Law School Classes of 1975 and 1976

Where graduate was placed

1975

1976

1. Central Government

Ministry of Finance

17

15

MITI

13

14

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10

11

Ministry of Justice

4

N.A.

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

12

13

Police Agency

7

12

Ministry of Home Affairs

13

10

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

11

9

Ministry of Transportation

9

9

Ministry of Construction

8

9

Ministry of Education

4

8

Ministry of Welfare

11

7

Ministry of Labor

5

4

Board of Audit

2

2

Supreme Court

1

2

Prime Minister's Office

1

1

Environment Agency

1

1

Defense Agency

1

1

National Tax Agency

0

1

Hokkaido Development Agency

0

1

SUBTOTAL

130

130

2. Prefectural governments

3

18

3. Public corporations

12

37

4. Banks, commercial and governmental

92

117

5. Securities and brokerage firms

4

8

6. Casualty and life insurance firms

26

27

7. Real estate firms

4

2

8. Shipbuilding companies

8

3

9. Automobile manufacturing companies

0

5

10. International trading companies

26

27

11. Electrical equipment manufacturers

5

4

12. Steel industry

20

22

13. Chemical industry

3

4

14. Textile industry

3

4

15. Construction industry

1

1

16. Warehousing and transportation industry

4

4

17. Public utilities

3

9

18. Mass communications

7

10

19. Other (family businesses, etc.)

c. 100

c. 111

TOTAL

451

543

SOURCE

:

Shukan *

yomiuri

, Apr. 3, 1976, pp. 15659.