Japan's bureaucracy is notorious for funding useless projects. In the 1980s, the government built eight airports used solely to ship vegetables to marketalthough farmers chose to stick with cheaper trucks. Politicians now get votes by promising to stop building highways and bridges.
Beats Working
Indonesians have long wondered how their 4 million civil servants occupy themselves all day at the office. The government gave a clue last week by announcing that 109,000 paper pushers don't do anything at all. Cost: $13 million a month.
Gimme Shelter
High-ranking Taiwanese civil servants...
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