Tag: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga

Japan protests to Russia over man detained on disputed island

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Monday lodged a diplomatic protest with Russia over the detention of a Japanese citizen visiting an island disputed by the two countries. Tokyo and Moscow are working to resolve decades of tensions over four islands occupied by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II and now controlled by Russia. The man, who has not been identified, was detained following baggage checks conducted ahead of his […]

Teenager near Tokyo found to have Zika virus

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Friday (February 26) said Japan had little to worry about after a male teenager near Tokyo was found to have been infected with the Zika virus. “It is not yet the season for mosquitoes to be active in our nation, so there is little concern that this case will trigger a large scale infectIon. However the government has held meetings to decide supplementary steps […]

China says to probe the case of the third arrested Japanese “in accordance with the law”

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday (December 25) that the case of a third Japanese citizen’s arrest was being investigated in accordance with the law. Earlier, Japan said that a third Japanese citizen had been arrested in China, in addition to two others arrested earlier this year for spying. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference that the woman, who had been taken into custody in Shanghai in June, was formally […]