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YOSHIHIDE SUGA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 5, 2015
Suga apologizes to Onaga for LDP's calls to destroy Okinawa newspapers
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga apologizes to Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga for threats to destroy or attack the prefecture's two main newspapers over the national security bills.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2015
Suga calls for quicker elevator checks after earthquakes
The infrastructure ministry has been asked to come up with ways to ensure elevators are restored faster following an earthquake after it emerged that tens of thousands of people were trapped in upper floors of skyscrapers and high-rise apartments on Saturday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 18, 2015
Chief Cabinet secretary is much more than top government spokesman
Which politician is most often quoted by Japanese media outlets? The answer undoubtedly is the chief Cabinet secretary, who holds two news conferences each weekday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2015
Suga says he will no longer use term 'proceed as planned' over Futenma relocation
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will no longer use the expression 'shukushuku-to,' which roughly translates as 'proceed as planned,' when explaining the Abe administration's position on the planned relocation of the Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Suga, Onaga hold talks over relocation of U.S.' Futenma base in Okinawa
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga cross swords over the air base relocation dispute in Naha but make little progress.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2015
Suga to meet Okinawa leader to defuse tensions over U.S. base relocation
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he plans to hold talks Sunday with Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga in a bid to defuse tensions between the central and local governments over the planned relocation of a U.S. air base within the island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2015
Abe says likelihood of video being real is 'high'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the static video purportedly showing a photo of Japanese hostage Hau00adruu00adna Yuu00adkau00adwa is probably authentic.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 10, 2015
War of words ahead for Abe anniversary speech?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might switch up Japan's war anniversary statement and deviate from the landmark 1995 statement issued by then-Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, which clearly apologized for Japan's wartime aggression in Asia, the government's top spokesman said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2014
Abe, Suga both away from Tokyo at the same time
The last few days were rather unusual for the prime minister's office in Nagatacho, Japan's political center: Both Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga were not there.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2014
Japan to donate over $10 million to Iraqi, Syrian refugees
Japan plans to donate more than $10 million through international organizations to Iraqi and Syrian refugees displaced by the Islamic State militant group, sources with knowledge of Japan-U.S. relations said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
Glaxo's Ebola vaccine may begin safety tests in humans next week
U.S. scientists will begin enrolling patients as soon as next week in clinical safety trials of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's experimental Ebola vaccine as the death toll from the disease rises in West Africa.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Kono statement won't be replaced, Suga says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rejected on Tuesday a request from a ruling party colleague to issue a new document next year to replace a 1993 apology over women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, ruling bloc lawmakers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 15, 2014
Japan's ailing rural towns push free beer, other perks to urbanites in tax-sharing drive
Faced with the danger of elimination, hundreds of rural districts in Japan are plying gifts that include craft beer and balloon rides to entice their mini-diasporas to send tax payments back home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2014
G-7 should cooperate on MH17 probe: Suga
The Group of Seven nations should work together on a multinational probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2014
Japanese government to make fuel-cell cars the official vehicle for all ministries
The Abe administration has instructed all ministries and other offices to introduce fuel-cell cars as official vehicles, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 19, 2014
The murky call on a hardball interview with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga
The tabloid press plays fast and loose with the truth, so anyone who gobbled up last week's NHK story in the weekly Friday should have added a dash of salt. An unnamed employee told Friday that the prime minister's office demanded the public broadcaster apologize for questions asked in its interview...
JAPAN
May 22, 2014
Yoshida interviews to stay sealed: Suga
The government refuses to release a confidential record of interviews with the deceased chief of the Fukushima No. 1 plant after a shocking press leak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2014
First Cabinet reshuffle likely in August
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers reshuffling the Cabinet in August or later, rather than in late June when the Diet will close for the summer.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2014
Kono sex slave statement to be scrutinized
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says the Abe administration will launch a study team to re-examine the 1993 Kono statement apologizing for the wartime sex slave system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2014
Whaling fleet being harassed, Japan says
The Japanese government slams the conservation group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for employing dangerous tactics to obstruct the operations of Japanese whaling vessels in the Antarctic Ocean over the weekend, causing one of them to suffer damage to its stern.

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