Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the third meeting of the Administrative Reform Promotion Council at the Prime Minister's Office.

During the meeting, discussion took place on reform of the special account system, reform of independent administrative agencies, and eradication of waste.

Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said,

"Today, at this third meeting of the Administrative Reform Promotion Council, we discussed primarily the reform of the special account system and reform of independent administrative agencies. 
With regard to the reform of the special account system, a policy containing four specific reforms, including study of the necessity of separate accounting, was compiled. In accordance with this policy, I would like to ask that the reforms be reviewed under the leadership of Minister Inada and Minister Aso, and that this work is done swiftly so that the reforms may be implemented one by one from FY2014.
Next, with regard to the reform of independent administrative agencies, a mid-term review report has been put together, with the aim of compiling the reforms initiated since the first Abe Cabinet. A focus was placed on system review, including the review of the target setting and evaluation framework and the development of a governance system.
Based on this report, I would like to ask that under the leadership of Minister Inada, the Council continue to carry out further reviews before the end of the year, including regarding organizational restructuring with the partnership and cooperation of the relevant ministries.
Furthermore, with regard to eradication of waste, implementation of the measures for the review of administrative programs has begun. Each ministry, for example, is inspecting the status of the implementation of its programs and creating a review checklist. Some programs will be examined publicly starting next week. I would like to ask the expert members of the Working Group that will be established under this Council to conduct a rigorous inspection from the perspective of the Japanese public.
Also, we have received vital recommendations from the private sector members of the Council, including regarding the eradication of waste from the vertically segmented administrative system and IT use, as well as regarding further information dissemination to the people, in particular, the young people who will shoulder the responsibilities of the future. It is crucial that we make ceaseless efforts to reduce administrative waste based on the main points of these recommendations.
Since launching the Administrative Reform Promotion Council in February of this year, we have made steady progress on the three agenda items. Fully recognizing the needs of the new era, I look forward to continuing to work with all of you in making utmost efforts towards administrative reform, with the goal of realizing an administrative system which will earn the trust of the people."