Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has instructed the internal affairs and communications minister to work toward lower mobile phone charges.
Suga met Takeda Ryota at the prime minister's office on Friday.
Japan's new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has discussed his key policies of regulatory reform and digitalization with related ministers. Suga wants to present his own ideas in such fields, while taking over some policies of the former government.
Suga's cabinet started working on Thursday. He said he was determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations.
One day after Suga Yoshihide became Japan's Prime Minister, he and his cabinet members got down to business.
Suga said, "I am determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations."
Japan's new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide says his cabinet is in full swing and ready to get down to business on its first full day in office.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Suga said, "I am determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations."
Japan's new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is starting his first full day in office. He says his cabinet is ready to get down to business.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Suga said, "I am determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations."
In a change of leadership in Japan, the head of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, has been chosen as the country's new prime minister by the Diet.
The 71-year-old veteran politician is succeeding Abe Shinzo, who resigned to deal with health issues.
The head of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, has been chosen as the country's new prime minister by the country's Diet.
The 71-year-old veteran politician will succeed Abe Shinzo, who has resigned to deal with health issues.
The leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, has been chosen as Japan's new prime minister by the country's Diet.
The 71-year-old veteran politician will succeed Abe Shinzo, who has resigned to deal with health issues.
Suga Yoshihide has been chosen as Japan's 99th prime minister in the Diet.
The political transition comes after Abe Shinzo's surprise announcement last month, that he would step down to deal with health issues.
Suga Yoshihide has been chosen as Japan's 99th prime minister in the Diet.
The new leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, is set to be elected as prime minister in the Diet on Wednesday.
The vote among lawmakers is virtually assured to name Suga as the successor to Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, since an LDP-led coalition controls both houses.
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has thanked all the members of the public and asked them to support his successor Suga Yoshihide.
Abe spoke to reporters when he entered the prime minister's office shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
The new leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party is flexing his powers in his picks for the lineup of party executives.
Suga Yoshihide has filled key posts with veteran lawmakers from the five LDP factions that backed his campaign.
A US foreign policy expert says Japan's new prime minister should put relations with South Korea and the United States among his priorities. Suga Yoshihide was chosen this week to head the main governing Liberal Democratic Party, making him likely to become prime minister.
Michael Green, a former White House official for Asia who now works at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, spoke to NHK last week.