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Yoshihide Suga

13 Nov 2020
Despite having a reputation as a modern technological powerhouse, much of Japan's bureaucracy is steeped in analogue technology, with even fax machines still commonplace. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga wants to change that by reducing the use of paper and kickstarting a digital revolution. But in the country of origami, saying "sayonora" to paper is easier said than done. Our correspondents report.
27 Oct 2020
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world's third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the country's climate change commitments.
14 Sep 2020
As the new head of the ruling party, Suga is now virtually guaranteed to become Japan's next prime minister. The country's current leader, Shinzo Abe, is stepping down due to health problems.
26 Aug 2017
Japanese Cabinet Minister Yoshihide Suga said North Korea's missile launch on Saturday posed no threat to Japan but they remained on high alert.
29 Jul 2017
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says a North Korean missile appears to have landed in the waters of Japan's exclusive economic zone and that Tokyo has protested "in the strongest possible language.

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