Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule July 25-31, 2013

July 25, 2013 (Thurs)

AM

08:46 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya

09:10 Arrives at Haneda Airport

09:25 Interview with journalism companies

09:54 Leaves airport on a government plane headed for Malaysia for a three country tour of Southeast Asia

Malaysia

José Rizal Monument

July 26, 2013 (Fri)

Singapore
Meeting with Mr. Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States
Prime Minister delivered an address at the Singapore Lecture

July 27, 2013 (Sat)

The Philippines

PM

9:40 Southeast Asia three country tour finishes, takes private government airplane home from the Philippines

9:55 Arrives Haneda airport

10:26 Arrives private residence in Tomigaya

July 28, 2013 (Sun)

AM

9:57 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya

10:10 Arrives Grand Hyatt Hotel in Roppongi district in Tokyo. Works out at Nagomi Spa and Fitness club in the hotel.

PM

1:10 Depart hotel

1:28 Arrives at private residence

July 29, 2013 (Mon) 

AM

7:30 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya

7:50 Arrives Tokyo station

7:56 Leaves from station Hayate Bullet Train #103

9:37 Arrives JR Sendai station

9:44 Leaves station. Meets with Minister Nemoto of Reconstruction, and Deputy Ministers of Reconstruction

10:47 Arrives at public housing for disaster victims in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. Meets with Governor Yoshihiro Murai and Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama.

10:49 Round table discussion and residents to visit

11:01 Departs

11:13 Arrive at Comprehensive Care Center in Ishinomaki

11:14 Inspects the Temporary Health and Welfare Housing for citizens

11:30 Departs 

PM

12:15 Arrives at Minami Sanriku Ocean Hotel in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi prefecture. Has lunch with Nemoto and Mr. Murai.

12:59 Departs hotel

1:09 Arrives at the high ground of Shizu river inMinamisanriku, does and inspection and then a silent prayer. The town mayor Hitoshi Sato also joins in

1:19 Departs

1:21 Arrives in the temporary market, Minamisanriku San San Market

1:26 Sample food from several vendors

1:29 Shops at a store called Yamauchi

1:38 Departs market

1:47 Arrives at the public health clinic in Minamisanriku

1:53 Departs

1:54 Arrives at temporary town hall and government building. Encourages the personnel working there

2:01 Short interview with information companies

2:10 Departs

4:20 Arrives at JR Sendai train station

4:25 inside the station reception office Nemoto, Tani, and Akiba, Minister and Deputy Ministersof Reconstruction

4:41 Departs on train number 148, Yamabiko

6:48 Arrives at JR Tokyo train station

6:52 Departs station

7:18 Arrives at private residence

July 30, 2013 (Tues) 

AM

8:50 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya

9:07 Arrive Imperial Palace, register for return home

9:16 Departs Imperial Palace

9:24 Arrives at LDP headquarters

9:29 Issues a nomination for Kobe city mayoral election

9:36 LDP board meeting

9:58 Departs LDP headquarters

9:59 Arrives at official residence

10:02 LDP cabinet meeting begins

10:12 LDP cabinet meeting ends

10:17 Meeting with Taro Aso, Financial Affairs Minister; Amari Akira, Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs; Koji Kinoshita, Ministry of Finance, Permanent Vice-President; Shunsuke Kagawa, Head of the Budget Bureau; Kazuho Tanaka, Head of the Tax Bureau

11:15 Kinoshita and Kagawa depart

11:16 Tanaka departs

11:25 Aso departs

11:36 Takashi Matsumoto, Cabinet Office Permanent Vice-President joins

11:41 Hiroaki Ishii, Cabinet Office and Director General for Policy Planning joins

PM

12:17 All members depart

1:25 Hiroshi Matsuno, Director-General of LDP Education Rebuilding at headquarters, Deputy General Managers Kyoko Nishikawa, Atsushi Suzuki

2:17 Courtesy meeting with middle school students that participated in a northern cultural exchange program to Nemuro, Hokkaido

2:29 Meeting with Masanori Nishi, Administrative Vice Minister of Defense

3:06 Courtesy Call from Groups of Junior Reporters from Okinawa and Hakodate

3:32 Commemorative photo at Yoshitaka Ikeda House of Representatives member of the LDP and support group participants Nakazato Takayuki Nagoya City Council

3:35 Meeting at TPP plan government headquarters with Koji Tsuruoka chief negotiator

4:18 Shigeru Kitamura Cabinet Information Officer

4:36 Commencement of question meeting for Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy

5:34 Question meeting finishes

5:35 Meeting with Aso

6:33 Departs official residence

6:34 Arrives public residence, dinner with LDP Vice-President Masahiko Komura, Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, Upper House Chairman Mizote Kensho, and Upper House Secretary General Masahi

8:09 Departs official residence

8:24 Arrives private residence

July 31, 2013 (Wed)

AM

9:28 Leaves private residence

9:44 Arrives official residence

9:59 Meeting with Keizo Takemi, House of Councilors, Member of the Diet

10:07 Keiji Furuya National Public Safety Commission Chairman, Minister in Charge of the Abduction Issue 

10:29 Meeting with Yoshiyuki Kasai, JR Tokai President

11:41 Meeting with Masayuki Yamauchi, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University and Asian Cultural Council Chairman 

PM

12:02 Yamauchi departs

12:06 Meeting with National Association of Chairpersons of PrefecturalAssemblies, Commemorative photos with Katsunori Mizumoto of Kagawa Prefecture, Parliamentary Speaker and Yoshitaka Shindo, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

12:11 Social Gathering of Country Wide

12:16 Departs official residence

12:22 Arrives at Empire Hotel in Uchisaiwai. Attends farewell meeting at the hotel banquet hall for the late Akira Saito, original president of the Mainichi newspaper.

12:33 Departs hotel

12:37 Arrives official residence

12:53 Fumio Kishida Foreign Minister and Saiki Akitaka from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Makio Miyagawa Middle East and Africa Bureau Director Enter

2:19 Miyagawa departs

3:08 All others depart

4:20 Shotaro Yachi, Cabinet Secretariat Adviser Participates

4:24 Meeting with Masanori Nishi, Administrative Vice Minister of Defense

5:01 Meeting with Integrated Science Engineering

5:52 Courtesy call from Fukushima Prefectural Governor, Yuhei Sato and Arisa Ueki, one of two Miss Peach Ladies

6:06 Received information about the Shigeru Kitamura Cabinet Information Officer

6:32 Meeting with Yasutoshi Nishimura Cabinet Office Deputy Minister

6:56 Hosts Ramadan Dinner for Muslim Community, Egyptian Sumo Wrestler Abdelrahman Ahmen Shaalan attends (Oosunaarashi or “The Great Sandstorm”)

7:43 Departs official residence

8:03 Arrives private residence