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YOSHIHIDE SUGA

JAPAN
Sep 26, 2018
Japanese government to mull new work visa to help more labor-hungry professions: top government spokesman
The government is mulling an update to the nation's visa system in order to accept more foreign workers in a growing number of professions facing manpower shortages, including those that serve the labor-hungry restaurant and fisheries industries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018
What would a 40% cut to phone bills mean for Japan's mobile carriers?
Japan's mobile carriers have come under government scrutiny for high phone bills that have helped bring years of enviable profit margins and given them a combined market value of more than $250 billion.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2018
Mobile phone operators take ¥1 trillion blow after Suga says bills could be cut 40%
Wireless carriers tumbled in Tokyo after the government's spokesman said they have room to cut phone bills by about 40 percent, sparking concern that lawmakers will renew a push for greater competition in a sector dominated by three big players.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2018
Japan has no interest in trade deal with just U.S., top government spokesman says
One of Japan's top policymakers has indicated that the government will continue to resist U.S. efforts to create a bilateral free trade agreement between the two nations.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2018
Ocean pollution crisis on agenda for next year's G20 summit in Osaka, Yoshihide Suga says
With worldwide concern and political attention rapidly growing over the plastic garbage polluting the world's oceans, Japan has said it will put the environmental crisis on the agenda when it hosts next year's Group of 20 talks, including the leaders' summit in Osaka.
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2018
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga hails return of Okinawa land plots from U.S. military
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga praised the return of land plots formerly used by the U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2018
With Trump golf outing, will Abe find himself in the bunker or on the green?
Yes, they will hit the links again after all. The question is, will Prime Minister Shinzo Abe find himself in the bunker or on the green when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump this week?
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
Abe, energized five years after comeback, poised for historic third term as Japan's leader
Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's return to power, making him one of the nation's longest-serving leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2017
Central government to let ministry staff use pre-marriage names on externally used documents
The government takes another step toward loosening restrictions on the use of pre-marriage names by civil servants by allowing their use on ID cards and in external communications.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
North Korea fires missile over Japan in sharp escalation of tensions
In an “unprecedented, grave and serious” threat, nuclear-armed North Korea test-fires a ballistic missile over Hokkaido, the first unannounced launch of a missile to fly over Japan.

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