{"id":4684,"date":"2021-07-22T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2021-07-22T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T19:41:22","slug":"nbc-news-exclusive-japanese-prime-minister-yoshihide-suga-one-on-one-with-nbc-news-keir-simmons-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2021\/07\/22\/nbc-news-exclusive-japanese-prime-minister-yoshihide-suga-one-on-one-with-nbc-news-keir-simmons-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA ONE-ON-ONE WITH NBC NEWS\u2019 KEIR SIMMONS AHEAD OF TOKYO OLYMPICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>First Look to Air Tonight, Thursday, July 22 on \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>More of the Interview to Air Tomorrow, Friday, July 23 on \u201cTODAY\u201d and MSNBC<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 22, 2021<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 NBC News\u2019 Keir Simmons sat down with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for an exclusive one-on-one interview ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.&nbsp;<a href=\"\/\/The interview will air tonight, Thursday, July 22 on&nbsp;\">The interview will air tonight, Thursday, July 22 on&nbsp;<\/a><em><a href=\"\/\/NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\">NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/a><\/em><a href=\"30 p.m. ET and tomorrow, Friday, July 23 on NBC News\u2019&nbsp;\">&nbsp;at 6:30 p.m. ET and tomorrow, Friday, July 23 on NBC News\u2019&nbsp;<\/a><em><a href=\"\/\/TODAY\">TODAY<\/a><\/em><a href=\"\/\/&nbsp;and MSNBC\u2019s&nbsp;\">&nbsp;and MSNBC\u2019s&nbsp;<\/a><em><a href=\"\/\/Morning Joe\">Morning Joe<\/a><\/em><a href=\"\/\/.\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Prime Minister Suga\u2019s first-ever TV interview with a U.S. news organization. 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