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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was again forced to go into damage control mode Monday after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's own policy chief said on NHK the previous day that President Shinzo Abe disagreed with the findings of the ...

Responding to criticism from a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Tuesday the administration is not considering revising a key apology to wartime sex slaves. Former U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer ...

TOKYO: Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday that he does not see a need to revise a law which guarantees the 's independence from the government. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the BOJ has already taken bold easing policy ...

Japan and China are organizing talks involving their senior defense officials, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, said Wednesday. The move indicates efforts are under way to ease tensions over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The ...

TOKYO The emperor and empress will visit India later this year. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday that the imperial couple had been invited by the government of India to visit the country to mark the 60th anniversary of the ...

-ANI): Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that repeated provocative actions made by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were " extremely regrettable."

Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Monday that Abe didn't visit the Yasukuni Shrine but donated religious ornaments marking the shrine's spring festival. The finance minister and two other Cabinet ministers prayed at the shrine. Suga ...

Japan will not review its stance on the "comfort women" issue, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday, rejecting for now a move suggested by Shinzo Abe before he became prime minister. Suga's remarks came amid criticism not only in Asia ...