Suga asked, Japan answered: Red-tape hotline flooded with tips

4,000 messages received as new cabinet pushes reform agenda and mobile rate cuts

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An online suggestion box set up Thursday afternoon by Taro Kono, minister for administrative and civil service reform, was suspended early Friday due to the overwhelming response. (Photo by Rie Ishii)

YOHEI HIROSE and DAISHI ABE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's new government has taken steps toward implementing some of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's top priorities, and in one case received an overwhelming public response.

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