Central Japan pref. mulls reinstating nationality requirement for hiring

Mie Gov. Katsuyuki Ichimi said Thursday that the central Japan prefecture will begin considering whether to reinstate a rule requiring prefectural employees to hold Japanese nationality in order to prevent the leakage of sensitive information."I believe it is best to review the nationality clause from the standpoint of preventing information leakage," Ichimi said at a press conference.He said a final decision will be made based on the results of a survey of around 10,000 randomly selected residents to be conducted from late January to mid-February.The prefectural government terminated the n…READ FULL ARTICLE