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SUGA

JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2017
After Trump remark, Suga calls Japanese firms in U.S. 'good corporate citizens'
Accumulated direct investment by Japanese firms has totaled $411 billion, and about 840,000 people have been employed, the top government spokesman said.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2016
Trilateral summit with China, South Korea unlikely by year-end, Japan's top government spokesman says
A planned trilateral summit in Tokyo between Japan, China and South Korea is unlikely to be held by the end of this year, the top government spokesman said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2016
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit for remembrance, not apology: Suga
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's historic visit to Pearl Harbor later this month is for the purpose of remembering the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago, not for apologizing for Japan's actions, the government's top spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 17, 2016
Government to fund safety measures at top-level Nagasaki germ lab
The government said Thursday it was prepared to provide a host of safety measures in return for Nagasaki authorities backing plans for a new biosafety laboratory in the prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2016
Japan knocks Shanghai 'comfort women' memorial
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga expressed disappointment Monday at the unveiling of a memorial in Shanghai symbolizing women forced to work in wartime brothels for the Japanese military.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2016
Japan seeks return of large parcel of U.S. military land in Okinawa by year-end: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the top government spokesman, said Saturday that the government is seeking the return of a portion of a large U.S. military training area in Okinawa Prefecture by year-end.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2016
Suga, Inada admit to filling out blank expense receipts
Two key members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet have admitted to filling out blank receipts as part of their expense claims, raising questions about their ethics and the efficacy of a political funds control law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2016
Government to ask Tokyo to clarify 2020 Games cost-cutting plan
The central government plans to ask the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to further explain a report it prepared suggesting bold changes to preparations for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2016
Fresh warning against excessive yen rises issued
Authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government's top spokesman said Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could hurt the country's export-reliant economy.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 13, 2016
Decorated wrestler Icho to receive People's Honor Award
The government said Tuesday it will bestow the People's Honor Award on Kaori Icho who became the first female wrestler to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals at last month's Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
Abe eyes Cabinet shake-up as he accelerates economic policies
The prime minister will reshuffle his Cabinet on Aug. 3, a day after he unveils new economic measures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2016
Aso, Suga expected to keep jobs in Cabinet reshuffle
Finance Minister Taro Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga are expected to remain in their posts when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe carries out a Cabinet reshuffle on Aug. 3.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2016
Government has no plans to issue deficit bonds to fund planned stimulus package: Suga
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rules out the issuance of deficit bonds to fund an economic stimulus package planned for the autumn, but hints at the use of construction bonds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2016
Tokyo professor's medicine-making molecules bring new tool to pharma
When he realized he was not going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to develop medicines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
May 28, 2016
Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan
Journalists who refuse to toe the official line are under pressure, experts say
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 1, 2016
Suga declines comment on remarks Krugman quoted Abe as saying about Germany
The Japanese government declined on Thursday to confirm or comment on off-the-record remarks by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Nobel-winning U.S. economist Paul Krugman has made public online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2016
U.N. panel drops criticism of Japan's male-only Imperial lineage after Tokyo protests
A U.N. committee agrees to remove criticism of Japan's male-only Imperial succession from a report after Tokyo complained.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2016
Government applauds BOJ's 'bold' step into negative territory
The Bank of Japan's jump into negative interest rates Friday won government praise as a "bold" measure to fight the nation's chronic deflation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2016
Suga rules out Taiwan talks, says Japan's 'comfort women' deal applies only to South Korea
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicates the government does not intend to launch new negotiations on the 'comfort women' issue with other countries after sealing a deal with South Korea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2015
Bank of Japan has room to maintain easing, Suga says
The Bank of Japan still has policy options to continue its unprecedented monetary easing, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview days after the central bank announced it would not expand its main stimulus target.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Why half of Japan's cities are at risk of disappearing in 100 years
A couple looks out onto the Fukuoka nightscape. Due to its distance from Tokyo and its close proximity to South Korea and China, professor Tomoya Mori believes that Fukuoka is one of the few metropolitan regions of Japan that will see some form of growth in the decades to come.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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