She has visited more than 20 countries, including the United States, Ukraine and Israel ... chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi. Hayashi, 63, is younger than Kamikawa, but ...

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A spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces confirmed on Monday that Russian troops had entered the town, but said that fighting continued on the outskirts. With concerns that Russia could ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday. “Japan-South Korea relations remain important under the current strategic environment,” Hayashi told a press conference, apparently ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started ...

"No decisions have been made yet on whether to release a new statement," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference on Friday. "We plan to consider what we'll do from ...

Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador’s “extremely inappropriate” comments relating to Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday. Wu Jianghao ...

Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday that ministries and agencies will check whether Fuji TV is involved in their public relations and promotional projects, and respond ...