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PM Suga mulls US visit to attend Quad meeting this month
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] September 9 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is considering a visit to the US later this month to hold a meeting with the other three members of 'The Quad' alliance.
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Japan's administrative reform Minister Taro Kono 'most popular pick' to le
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] September 6 (ANI): After Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced his intention to resign, Japan's Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono is the most popular pick to succeed the country's top rank, Kyodo News reported citing a News poll released.
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Japan's ruling party leaders gear up to succeed PM Yoshihide Suga
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 4 (ANI): Japan's ruling party leaders have geared up to become the successor of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after the latter's abrupt decision to pull out of his party's presidential election at the end of September, a media report said on Saturday.
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Japan PM Suga to resign amid criticism over COVID-19 response
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 3 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he will not run for party re-election as a leader this month, amid criticism over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PM Suga urges Japan's largest business lobby to promote 'telework' amid hi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 18 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday urged Japan Business Federation to switch to telework or 'work from home' to reduce the number of commuters in the city amid an increase in the number of Coronavirus in the country.
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Biden congratulates Japan PM for successfully hosting Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Monday (local time) congratulated Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for the "successful" hosting of the summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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IOC President thanks Japan, presents Olympic Order to Koike, Hashimoto, an
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 9 (ANI): As the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 came to a close on Sunday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach paid tribute to all involved those in the success of the showpiece event, from high-level government leaders to thousands of volunteers and wo
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Tokyo Games: We fulfilled responsibility as Olympics host, says Japan PM
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagasaki [Japan], August 9 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday said the country has fulfilled its "responsibility" as host nation of the Tokyo Games.
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IOC President presents Olympic Order to Japan PM Yoshihide Suga
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 9 (ANI): The Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, was presented with the Olympic Order in Gold by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 closing ceremony on Sunday.
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Nagasaki pays homage to 1945 atomic bomb victims
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 9 (ANI): Seventy-six years ago today (August 9) Nagasaki faced the brunt of the atomic bomb dropped by the US that marked the end of the Second World War.
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Japan declares state of emergency till August 31 to prevent spread of COVI
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 31 (ANI): Japan on Saturday declared a state of emergency to Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures and applied priority measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures till August 31.
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Tokyo to be under COVID-19 state of emergency for duration of 2020 Olympic
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 8 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday made a decision to place Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency for the duration of the upcoming Olympics to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
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