TAGAYA, Kazuteru

La trnasparence et l'impartialité administratives - Paris : IIAP, janv./mars 1995

For a long time secrecy has been the functioning rule of japanese administration. The progress made during the last years in matters of transparency are to be found at two levels: that of local autorities which have created mechanisms for transparency and the protection of administrative data; and that of legislation with the act nº 93-88 of november 1993 on administrative procedures establishing general rules at national level which entered into force in october 1994. This act normally applies to all state decisions having an individual impact, to certain measures taken by local authorities and to administrative incitements. It makes it mandatory for administration to publish the reasons of a decision with negative impact on the individual and allows the interested person to present her observations