1.   At the same time, he will have to contend with elite bureaucrats in the Finance Ministry, as they wrestle with a crisis of confidence.

2.   At the same time, Kubo will have to contend with the elite bureaucrats in the Finance Ministry, as they wrestle with a crisis of confidence.

3.   After all, they are the ones who would actually make the bomb in a factory or a laboratory, not cabinet ministers or elite bureaucrats.

4.   This cluster of elite bureaucrats controls billions of dollars and can have a major influence on exchange rates.

5.   For decades, ruling politicians have relied on elite bureaucrats who shaped national policy and wrote the laws.

6.   For many Japanese the quake has eroded a basic trust in government formed over the decades in which elite bureaucrats guided the nation to economic superpower status.

7.   Japan is trying to drag itself out of a recession, and speedy action from the elite financial bureaucrats is seen as crucial to bringing about a turnaround.