Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician. He is currently the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Prime Minister of Japan. Suga Riva will be the first new Prime Minister of the era through post-election and formal joining. Suga was formerly the Prime Minister of Shinzo Abe, and he was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japan's history. He has been representing Kanagawa 2nd District in the House of Representatives since 1997 and served as Minister of the Interior and Communications when Aber first took office as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2008.
When Abe announced his resignation in September 2020 due to physical problems, Suga announced his candidacy for the 2020 LDP leadership. On 14 September he was elected as the new president of the LDP and as a result, he received an invitation from Emperor Naruhito to form the government as the new Prime Minister.
Yoshihide Suga: Life and career
Suga was born on December 6, 1948, as the first of four children of the farmer Saburō Suga (1918-2010) in what is now Yuzawa. He studied law at Hōsei University until 1973 and in 1975 became secretary to the deputy and later Minister of Economics Hikosaburō Okonogi. Starting in 1987, he was elected to the Yokohama City Council for two terms. In the Shūgiin election in 1996, he ran successfully for the LDP in the 2nd constituency of Kanagawa, which includes the boroughs of Nishi, Minato, and Kōnan, and has since been re-elected eight times. In the election of the LDP chairman in 1998he did not vote for the chairman of his faction, the Heisei Kenkyūkai chairman Keizō Obuchi, but for Seiroku Kajiyama. He then joined the Kōchikai
In the reorganized third cabinet Koizumi Suga was under Heizō Takenaka Vice Minister in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication. In the first cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, he rose to minister in this ministry in 2006; He was also given responsibility for reforming central government-local government relations and the privatization of the postal service. During the cabinet reshuffle in August 2007, he was appointed chairman of the LDP's election strategy commission, one of the four most important party offices. In 2007 he voted again against the candidate of his faction in the election of the LDP chairman, Yasuo Fukuda, and instead for Tarō Asō from Ikōkai. The new party chairman Fukuda replaced Suga as chairman of the election strategy commission a month later by Makoto Koga.
In the 2009 Shūgiin election, which was devastating for the LDP, Suga won his constituency against the Democrat Kazuya Mimura with a lead of 548 votes, with Mimura moving into the Shūgiin via the proportional electoral block of South Kantō. In September 2009 Suga left the Kōchikai to support the candidate Tarō Kōno together with other MPs elected for the first time in 1996 in the election of the LDP chairman. In the 2012 chairman election, Suga chose the winner Shinzō Abe and was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP in September of that year.
When Shinzō Abe was re-elected Prime Minister in December 2012, he took Suga as Chief Cabinet Secretary in his second cabinet. Since then, he has been an integral part of the Abe government and, as of July 7, 2016, the longest-serving chief cabinet secretary. Under his leadership, the "Cabinet Office of Personnel" was built in 2014, that the relevant date for the recruitment of senior officials Personnel Officepartially replaced and significantly expanded the government's control over personnel decisions within the authorities. Suga, apart from Abe, was considered the most influential member of the cabinet and was particularly known for his strategic skill in the allocation of civil servants and ministerial posts in order to avoid disagreements in the government.
On April 1, 2019, Suga announced the name of the new era accompanying Naruhito's accession to the throne, Rewa. This earned him the nickname "Uncle Rewa".
After he announced his candidacy for the election of the LDP chairman on September 2, 2020, after Abe's resignation, he prevailed on September 14, 2020, with 70% of the votes against Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba.
Yoshihide Suga: Biography
Upbringing
Akita Prefecture Noguchi district Akinomiya Village (now Yuzawa Akinomiya in) center along with the old national road strawberries there was a house farmer born as the eldest son in. The current address is 1-home, Kinko-Cho, Kanagawa-Ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa. The family consists of a father, mother, two older sisters, and one younger brother. Father, Wasaburo Kan the Second World War ended, Mantetsu at that time as staff Manchukuo was the capital of the Tonghua City in the Japanese surrender was welcomed. After repatriation, engaged in farming at Akinomiya, his hometown.
Succeeded in branding " Akimiya Strawberry ", he has served as the head of the Akimiya Strawberry Production and Shipping Association, a member of the Yukatsu Town Assembly, and the head of the Yuzawa City Strawberry Production and Shipping Association. 2010 and died at the age of 93, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays single has been honors the. My mother, uncle, and aunt were former teachers, and my two sisters also became high school teachers.
After graduating from Ogachi Municipal Akinomiya Elementary School (currently Yuzawa Municipal Yukatsu Elementary School ), proceed to Ogachi Municipal Akinomiya Junior High School (currently Yuzawa Municipal Yukatsu Junior High School ). After graduating from junior high school, I went to Akita Prefectural Yuzawa High School, which is the closest to my home, for two hours, and in the third grade, I belonged to the school entrance group. Later, it was reported from " Friday " that " I took the Hokkaido University of Education, where my sister went to school, but failed," but in an interview with Isao Mori, Suga himself was only a teacher at that time.
He says he doesn't want to be and hasn't taken the Hokkaido University of Education exam. My father advised me to go to an agricultural college, but I refused and moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school. " Tokyo was Tokyo has a dream and something changes if you go to", the day-to-day which is not the same as Akita era Itabashi of cardboard factory spent, retired from the factory in two months was keenly aware of the severity of reality. After that, I began to aspire to go on to university, living part-time at Tsukiji Market in the morning and at a restaurant in Shinjuku at night, and two years after moving to Tokyo, Hosei University because "the tuition fee was the cheapest". Go to the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law. In addition, although it may be reported in several weekly magazines that he is from the second part (night school), Suga himself wrote in an interview in 2016 that "about two people are graduated from Hosei at night in the media. There was one, but it was noon. " He was actually from the first part (daytime). While attending Hosei University, he earned living expenses and tuition from security guards, newspaper companies, and part-time jobs at curry shops. On the other hand, he has been a member of the karate club of the university for four years and has obtained the third dan level. In 1973, he graduated from university and joined Kendon Equipment Co., Ltd. (currently Kenneth Co., Ltd.).
Yokohama City Council member
In 1975, politicians in the aspirations and of the Hosei University Employment Division consultation Den, OB Association from the Secretary-General of the 57th generation of graduate Hosei University House of Representatives chairman Umekichi Nakamura introduced the secretary of, the Liberal Democratic Party was the same faction in Rep. House of Representatives Became the secretary of Hikozaburo Okonogi. He served as secretary for the next 11 years. In 1983, he served as Minister's Secretary with the appointment of Kokonoki as Minister of International Trade and Industry.
1987, Kanagawa Prefecture of Yokohama conference members to the election, Nishi-Ku, ran from electoral districts, first elected. After that, he served as a city council for two terms. After the death of Okonogi, which had a great influence on the Yokohama municipal government, in spite of the win count only twice, as the de facto replacement for Okonogi, sieve shrewdness taking advantage of personal connections cultivated government goods officer secretary era, high He was called "the mayor of Yokohama in the shadows" because he frequently received consultations on personnel matters from the mayor of Hidenobu Takahide.
Member of the House of Representatives
1996 of the 41st member of the House of Representatives general election in Kanagawa 2nd district ran in the Liberal Democratic Party official recognition from, Shinshinto certified- New Komeito recommendation Akihiro Ueda, the former Democratic Party newcomer of the Certified Akira Daide defeated et al., Was first elected.
1998 of the Liberal Democratic Party president election was in belong Heisei Study Group Chairman Obuchi Keizo instead, seek a mentor Seiroku Kajiyama to support the withdrawal of the same factions. After that, I joined Hiroikekai. 2000 of the second Tsugimori Cabinet vote of no confidence "over the Kato of turbulent In", Koichi Kato, but was absent in the vote of a no-confidence motion is tuned to, et al., The parent Kato faction in subsequent Kato faction split Ozato school Instead of (Chairman: Sadatoshi Ozato ), he participated in the Horiuchi faction (Chairman: Mitsuo Horiuchi ) of the anti-Kato group.
Deputy Minister of General Affairs
Heizo Takenaka Minister under, Affairs Vice Minister ( information communication, postal charge ) as the MIC internal control is left to the top of, exercised well as virtually personnel management.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
On November 10, NHK issued an order to add "special attention to the issue of Japanese abduction by North Korea " to the broadcast items. On the other hand, "in the freedom of the press must be protected. Program not to indicate the contents and broadcast the number of times" and consideration of editing rights to the NHK also showed.
Article 44 of the Broadcasting Law has an item "Editing broadcast programs, etc." regarding "Editing rights", in which "NHK must give appropriate comfort to overseas compatriots when editing broadcast programs of international broadcasting. Must be ". In addition, a radio station license was issued for the shortwave broadcasting " Shiokaze " that was being broadcast from overseas at that time, paving the way for broadcasting from within Japan (all broadcasting station licenses are approved by the Ministry and licensees). Is the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications).
In October 2006, it announced a policy to add a specific content of " abduction issue " to the broadcasting items defined in the broadcasting order to NHK shortwave radio international broadcasting. Article 33 of the Japanese Broadcasting Law has an item " Orders for the implementation of international broadcasting, etc. ", in which "The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications specifies the broadcasting area, broadcasting matters and other necessary matters to the association and international broadcasting Can be ordered to do "( changed from" order "to" request "in the December 2007 revision of the Broadcasting Law).
Regarding the pension record problem discovered in 2007, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Hakuo Yanagisawa was left behind, and the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Suga was in charge of verification.
After meeting with Masaharu Ikuta, the president of Japan Post, he announced that Ikuta had offered to resign as president. After that, it was announced that Yoshifumi Nishikawa from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation would be appointed as the successor president of Japan Post. Ikuta himself has never applied to the government to resign.
In 2006, participated in the launch of the Re-challenge Support Council. This Gillen is real, post- Koizumi to elect the 2006 Liberal Democratic Party president election to, Shinzo Abe became the driving force that fielded. As a result, Abe wins the presidential election. In the first Abe Cabinet, which was established in September of the same year, he was appointed as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications ( also serving as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications ) after being elected only four times and entered the cabinet for the first time. In December of the same year, he received a resignation from the Minister of State for Decentralization ( Decentralization Reform ) of the Cabinet Office.
In 2007, in the cabinet reshuffle following the defeat of the 21st House of Councilors general election, he became the director of the Liberal Democratic Party's election countermeasures.
September of the same year, was carried out in accordance with the Prime Minister resignation of Abe 2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Yasuo Fukuda contrary to Kochikai of policy to support the Taro Aso to support, had been chosen name is also the recommendation people. Under the Fukuda administration, when Makoto Koga was appointed as the chairman of the election measures committee, who upgraded the director of the election measures, Koga bought his skills and continued to take measures for the lower house election as the vice-chairman.
In July 2009, Koga resigned to take responsibility for the defeat of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Since it was after Aso's notice of dissolution, he will be in charge of the general election on behalf of the election chairman.
In 2009, when Suga was the vice-chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's election measures, he tried to introduce hereditary restrictions under the same slamming Makoto Koga, the chairman of the election measures committee. Specifically, the House of Representative's election manifesto (administrative pledge) clearly states that "candidates from the same constituency for relatives within the third degree of kinship are prohibited (from the next House of Representatives election)." However, due to opposition and resistance from hereditary lawmakers within the party, he disappeared from his pledge.
In the 45th House of Representatives general election in August of the same year, Kazuya Mimura of the Democratic Party of Japan was chased by Kazuya Mimura in the Kanagawa 2nd district, but he defeated Mimura by a narrow margin of 548 votes, and 5 elections (Mimura revived proportionally). In 2009, he withdrew from the Hiroikekai.
2010, the Liberal Democratic Party Diet Affairs vice-chairman and public relations headquarters appointed deputy. 2011, the Liberal Democratic Party organization Movement Headquarters appointed in length.
In April 2012, he opposed a bill to amend the Postal Service Privatization Act, contrary to the party's policy in favor of it.
Prior to the 2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, he called on Akira Amari to plan the return of Shinzo Abe to the president and brought in Taro Aso to bring Abe back to life.
In September of the same year, he was appointed as acting secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party following the appointment of Abe as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. In the 46th House of Representatives general election in December of the same year, he defeated Mimura without allowing a proportional revival and made six elections.
Chief Cabinet Secretar
2013, postal privatization as a defeat to the idea of, Japan Post president SakaTokuro was retired in just six months taking office, was dismissed from the adviser positions. In the Algerian hostage incident that occurred in the same year, he overcame the opposition of the Ministry of Defense and dispatched an unprecedented Japanese Air Force One.
In May 2014, he led the personnel affairs of the Director of the Cabinet Personnel Bureau and is said to have appointed Katsunobu Kato in place of Kazuhiro Sugita, who had been appointed as the director. Former Cabinet Counselor of Yoichi Takahashi According to the opportunity the Director General Personnel bureaucracy placed under control and that was to have "one of the best of the information-gathering capabilities among the former Chief Cabinet Secretary". In July of the same year, it was reported that he indirectly pressured NHK after the broadcast on the broadcast content of NHK's " Close-up Gendai " through the official residence, but denied the facts and involvement. Furthermore, in November of the same year, he advised Abe to execute the 47th general election for members of the House of Representatives due to the dissolution of the House of Representatives.
On July 7, 2016, the Chief Cabinet Secretary's tenure was 1,290 days, the highest number of tenures in history.
2019 April 1, Prime Minister's Office the same year at a press conference on May 1, a new era that will be enforced from "new era is" Ryowa you are. ' " Was announced.
May 9-11, the same year, the first visit to the United States since becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary. From the first day, he met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan (immediately nominated as Secretary of Defense ), and Vice President Mike Pence on the 10th. Although he had not met with President Donald Trump, it was reported that he was able to meet with the three people in the business field who are running the administration as exceptional hospitality. After moving to New York, he visited S & P Global, Bank of America, interacted with top American business leaders, and gave a keynote speech at a symposium held at the United Nations Headquarters.
In June of the same year, a policy study session "Reiwa no Kai" was established by 13 members of the LDP non-factions near Suga, and the first meeting was held inviting Suga on the 20th of the same month.
In the "Monthly Hanada" released in July 2020, Prime Minister Abe pointed out that "there is no doubt that he is one of the leading candidates (of post-Abe)", and he said, "However, Prime Minister Suga has Suga. There is a problem that there is no Chief Cabinet Secretary, "he added, referring to the evaluation of competence as Chief Cabinet Secretary and the absence of a candidate for Chief Cabinet Secretary to replace Suga.
On August 29, 2020, he informed the party secretary-general Toshihiro Nikai of his intention to run for the LDP presidential election to decide a new president to replace Shinzo Abe, who announced the resignation of the party president and the prime minister. On September 2 evening after officially open the press conference, he expressed the candidacy.
Yoshihide Suga: Political career
Political Debut
Candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was elected in Yokohama in a local ballot in 1987 and then a national parliamentarian in 1996. He rose in the party hierarchy by being noticed for his talents as a tactician during the elections, but also as a very clever politician to eliminate those who do not go in the desired direction. His atypical career is also an asset: faced with a political world necrosed by nepotism and while the leaders of the PLD are for the most part from political dynasties, Yoshihide Suga recalls that he “started from zero”
Affiliated with the influential and openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Suga has set up the team to review the Kono Statement of 1993, which recognizes the forced recruitment of sex slaves for the armies of the Empire of Japan (known under the expression " comfort women ").
Ministerial
Close to Shinzō Abe, he was promoted by the latter to Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication, a position he held between 2006 and 2007. He became known to public opinion by his criticisms of telecom operators, including he considers the tariffs too high.
Prime Minister
Following the announcement of Shinzō Abe's resignation in September 2020, Yoshihide Suga was chosen by the “barons” of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) to succeed him. His name did not appear to be obvious since he received only 5% of favorable opinions, against 31% for the former Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba, in the polls on the personality most likely to succeed Abe. On September, he was elected at the head of the PLD.
Although considered unaffable, uncharismatic, and unpopular, he owes his designation, according to political journalist Tetsuo Jimbo, to the fact that the leaders of the PLD “do not really care about who is the best man, What policy is needed for the country, the faction leaders who hold the levers choose the one that will allow them to keep their power, and the others follow for fear of having no future if they stray from the line. The problem is that the president of the party automatically becomes Prime Minister by the will of a few ”.
In order to assert his position within the party against his rivals, he puts forward the continuity and experience of power, recalling "having always been associated with the decisions of Mr. Abe". He is, like his predecessor, known for his liberal orientation on economic issues and his lack of interest in environmental issues. It wants to allow people to receive government services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, promote competition in mobile phone services and consolidate banks.
He is formally elected Prime Minister on by the House of Representatives, collecting 314 votes out of 462 votes cast.
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President
On September 14, 2020, the LDP presidential election was executed and Kan was elected president. This is the first LDP president who has not inherited the position of a member of parliament since Yoshiro Mori and the first LDP president who has not inherited the election ground since Toshiki Kaifu. He was appointed to the Prime Minister by the prime minister nomination election of September 16. He completed the Prime Minister's appointment ceremony at 6:17 pm on the same day and became the 99th Prime Minister.
Yoshihide Suga: Career and charges
- October 2018 - Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of the bases in Okinawa, Minister in charge of the abduction issue (The fourth Abe cabinet remodeled)
- November - 2017 Chief of Staff Secretary, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of the bases in Okinawa (Abe's fourth cabinet)
- August 2017 - Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of bases in Okinawa (The Third Cabinet reaffirmed Third)
- August 2016 - Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of the bases in Okinawa (Abe's second cabinet reaffirmed second)
- October 2015 - Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of bases in Okinawa (Abe's third cabinet remodeled)
- December 2014 - Secretary Chief of Staff, Minister in charge of mitigating the impact of the bases in Okinawa (Abe's third cabinet)
- September 2014 - Secretary Chief of Staff, Minister in charge of relieving the burden of the bases in Okinawa (Abe's second cabinet remodeled)
- December 2012 - Secretary Chief of Staff, Minister in charge of Strengthening National Security (Abe's 2nd cabinet)
- September 2012 - Acting Executive Secretary-General of the PLD
- October 2011 - President of the party organization and headquarters of the PLD campaign
- December 2006 - Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Minister of Privatization of Postal Services, Minister of State for Decentralization Reform (Abe's 1st cabinet)
- September 2006 - Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Minister of Privatization of Postal Services (1st Abe cabinet)
- November 2005 - Senior Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Third remodeled Koizumi cabinet)
- April 1987 - Member of the Yokohama City Council
- March 1973 - BA in Law, Hosei University
Policy
- In favor of the constitutional amendment.
- In favor of reviewing the government's constitutional interpretation, which banned the exercise of the right of collective self-defense.
- Japan's nuclear armament should not be considered.
- Nuclear power plants that meet the new standards of the NRA should be restarted.
- Opposed to the founding of the Female Miyake.
- In 2002, he petitioned for the introduction of a selective marital surname system. On the other hand, a 2014 survey stated that they opposed the introduction of a selective marital surname system.
Economy
- "I am the eldest son of a farmer, but agriculture is declining in rural areas and needs to be centralized. Urban agriculture should be supported by tax systems such as inheritance tax. Japan is an island country without resources. It is the job of politicians to create employment. I agree with Japan's participation in the TPP.
- Lehman shock when occurs, "in 100 years at a time of crisis, we need to cope with once in 100 years," as was in favor of the issuance of interest-free government bonds. At the same time, he also called for the issuance of government banknotes.
- Participated in the signing of a statement requesting that the Bank of Japan raise all of its reconstruction government bonds through a full-scale purchase operation rather than a tax increase for financial resources for reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
- It was categorized as a hardliner seeking to revoke the agreement on integrated reform of social security and tax ( three-party agreement ) between the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Komeito Party.
Yoshihide Suga: Person
Evaluation
- 2014 of the Sankei Shimbun and FNN According to the joint poll, it has become a "second-order Shinzo Abe most evaluation to ministers in the Cabinet".
Episode
- Favorite food is pancakes, a large sweet tooth is a.
- Liquor is not drunk at all (so-called Orito ), cigarettes also do not smoke. My daily routine is "morning activities" where I move my body in the morning, collect information, and meet various people. Weekdays will wake up around 5 am, flexible movements and 100 times of sit-ups after a while to organize the news in the newspaper morning edition newspapers and "Japan Good morning NHK news", Tokyo Akasaka of legislators quarters from about 40 minutes walk the While doing so, head to the hotel near the Prime Minister's Office. Here, while having a light breakfast of vegetables, fruits, yogurt drinks, etc., we talk with politicians, bureaucrats, and business people to gather information on public movements. The move toward immigration control and amendment of the Refugee Recognition Act to expand the acceptance of foreign human resources was triggered by hearing of a serious labor shortage in the long-term care industry.
- "Abe is one of the most trusted aides," and his presence increased as the first Abe Cabinet was confused by ministerial scandals and problem statements. Stable in the first Abe Cabinet, where ministerial scandals continued, such as enacting 19 bills such as the Decentralization Reform Promotion Law, advocating hometown tax payment, and establishing a ministry committee on the issue of pension records. Demonstrated a strong presence. During the 2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, he moved to support Abe from early on and was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary in the second Abe Cabinet.
- Hit the senior Kan Takeo Hiranuma when was Fukuto to the Liberal Democratic Party, of Hiranuma security bill after having evaluated for approval on said, "is determined in a variety of problems as the Liberal Democratic Party, I think Fukuto was observed".
- The car number of the local office is "548". This is because, during the 2009 general election, when the LDP was hit by a big headwind, he was forced to win by 548 votes in second place, so he remembers the severity of the election.
- In response to the growing criticism of the ministers in question, there is also the popular name "Stable Garsu" from the calm response, and "Iron Wall Garsu" from the crisis management of the iron wall. However, the Sankei Shimbun criticized the issue of the new design of the veterinary school of the school corporation " Kake Gakuen " (Okayama City) as "it became abnormally hot and lacked calmness".
- Since the era name " Reiwa " was announced, it became popular on the Internet as " Uncle Reiwa ", like Keizo Obuchi who announced the era name " Heisei " in 1989, and also at the event " Niko Niko Chokaigi 2019". Participated. Also, at the Nico Nico Douga debate during the presidential election, the name " Garsu " has taken root mainly on SNS, and he said with a big smile, "I don't feel bad at all. It's official." Said in. By the way, "Garsu" is one of the stories of the popular program " Downtown no Gaki no Tsukaima Arahende! " On Nippon Television, and is the nickname of the producer Kenji Suga, who works on the series.
- In his book "Politician's Resolution", he wrote, "It is natural for the government to keep all records clearly, and the minutes are the most basic material. Failure to make them is an act of distrust to the people." However, at a press conference on August 8, 2017, when the Asahi Shimbun's Nansha asked, "Who knows what the book is," he answered, "I don't know." ..
- When he visited the United States in 2019, he took a daily walk in New York City with the help of US guards.
- At a press conference on November 27, 2019, he replied that "a unique definition has not been established" for antisocial forces.
Friendship
- Sengoku Kajiyama, who said he was a teacher, said, " Bureaucrats have their own ideas, and when they explain them to politicians, they always include them. You will be deceived immediately." It is said that he is trying to collect information in a friendship. When he was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Second Abe Cabinet, he also reported his appointment in front of Kajiyama's grave.
- There is a thick pipe with Soka Gakkai executives who support the Komeito. When the Liberal Democratic Party temporarily confronted the Komeito over the introduction of the reduced tax rate, he urged Prime Minister Abe to accept the Komeito's claim and led the introduction of the reduced tax rate.
- He frequently exchanges opinions with Heizo Takenaka, who was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications when he was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. When Takenaka proposed to use the Government Pension Investment Fund to raise the stock price, Suga immediately set up a meeting of experts, overcoming the opposition of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. According to Takenaka, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics concept may have been led by Suga.
- Shinigami introduced Glenn Gampel, president of Universal Studios Japan, who had a friendship with Takeshi Minami, president of Suntory Holdings, and was considering developing a theme park in Okinawa for Okinawa policy.
- During the reform of agricultural cooperatives, we heard from Yasufumi Kanemaru, chairman and president of Future Architect.
- He met with hedge fund Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb and exchanged views on Abenomics.
- United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 for four years he was Caroline Kennedy and had done the dinner each month.
- He has formed a relationship with Lee Byung-ki, the secretary-general of the President of the Republic of Korea, since he was the ambassador to Japan, and will hold talks over the phone even after he leaves the ambassador.
Personality
- According to Katsumi Hirasawa, Suga rarely appears on his own, and when talking to people, he is the type who listens without talking too much. Was a classmate in high school cho cross (now Akita Prefecture Yokote ) Motomachi length of Kenkichi Ogawa also, unlike the father Kan, Kan is not so conspicuous students, have the impression that is holed up in his shell Suppose. In addition, Suga himself has a sober and serious personality and is not particularly good at performance.
- 2016 April 1, regular of the press conference in, April Fool's Day when asked reporters whether there was a joke that named after, "I am a very stubborn person, no humor, one by one steady remark He said that he was refraining from lying and joking because of the position of the Secretary of State.
- My hobbies are mountain stream fishing, golf, travel abroad.
- The motto is "If you have the will, there is a way".
Yoshihide Suga: Political funding
Office expenses of owned building
The Liberal Democratic Party branch and the supporters' association, represented by Suga, both set up a "main office" in the building owned by Suga himself and recorded a total of about 19.56 million yen in the 2005 Political Funds Balance Report. It was reported in 2007. According to Ushio Shiota, this report put off the appointment of Chief Cabinet Secretary in the First Abe Cabinet.
Political fundraising party when the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications was in office
It is reported that the income of about 31.8 million yen from the party held during the term of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of the First Abe Cabinet is stated in the Political Funds Balance Report. Political party branch Kan will serve as the representatives, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yokohama received a grant determination of subsidy, Minami-Ku, a total of 290,000 yen in 2011 - 2013 from the landscaping company of donations revealed that he had received an It has been reported that. In addition, the branch was reported to have been received a House of Representative's election announcement just before 2014, a donation of 150,000 yen from suppliers of Yokohama City had received orders for public works projects of the country.
Fill in the amount on a blank receipt at a later date
I received a blank receipt for the cost of attending a political fundraising party for other members of the Diet and filled in the amount at the office. Regarding the reason, he said, "With the consent of the party organizer, I started the actual date, address, and amount accurately." "If you write the address and amount of all the hundreds of attendees, the reception will be accepted. It's confusing. "
Sanae Takaichi, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, who has jurisdiction over the Political Funds Control Act, said, "There is no provision for how to prepare receipts. There will be no legal problems with the consent of the organizer". According to the guidance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, it is inappropriate for the recipient to add to the receipt.
On October 11, 2016, the Liberal Democratic Party issued a notice to all members of parliament belonging to the party to state in advance necessary items such as the amount of money when issuing receipts.
Yoshihide Suga: Affiliation, Parliamentary League
- Creation "Japan" (Vice-Chairman)
- Nippon Kaigi Parliamentary Assembly (Vice-Chairman)
- Re-challenge support parliamentary federation (secretary-general)
- A group of young parliamentarians who wish for peace, think about true national interests and support visiting Yasukuni Shrine
- Shinto Association of Spirituality Parliamentary Assembly
- Japan-Korea Parliamentary Union
- Meeting to think about diplomatic cards with North Korea
- NASA meeting
- Kisaragi-kai (adviser)
Yoshihide Suga: Criticism
Commenting on the wedding between famous singer Masaharu Fukuyama and actress Kazue Fukishi, Suga stated, “I hope this marriage will encourage mothers to have children. Please give birth to many children. " After that, feminists accused the official of sexism and opponents from the left camp - that he is following the path of the Japanese militarists, who urged women to give birth to more future soldiers. In response to criticism, Suga said that, of course, everyone is free to decide for himself - whether he needs to marry or have children, but the government should work to create a society in which people would be comfortable to marry and raise children.
