January 8, 2012
AM
06:15 JR Tokyo Station
06:20 Depart from Tokyo Station on Yamabiko Shinkansen #201, accompanied by Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake; Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Suematsu, Special Advisor to PM
08:17 JR Fukushima Station
09:53
Marusan Paper Mill, Minami-Soma city, Fukushima
10:05 Exchange opinion with Mr. Osamu Nozaki, President of the paper mill. Mr. Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minami-soma city, also present
10:30 Tour the paper mill
10:39 Press interview
10:47 Onoda Hospital, Minami-soma. Tour the hospital, exchange opinion with those involved
PM
12:04 Tour the construction site of Joban Expressway
02:04 The Fukushima Governor’s office.
02:43 Meeting with Mr. Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima, Mr. Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration, also attends
03:19 Sun Palace Fukushima, wedding center
04:03 Meeting of the Council for Reconstructing Fukushima
05:56 Press interview
06:17 JR Fukushima Station
06:18 Leave the station on Max Yamabiko Shinkansen #154
08:10 The residence of PM
January 9, 2012 (Coming-of-Age Holiday)
AM
10:13 Kadoki Hall, Funeral Home, Kamakura city, Kanagawa, Funeral of Ms. Hisako Oishi, DPJ Upper House member, who passed away.
PM
12:05 The residence of PM
January 10, 2012
AM
07:27 Haneda Airport
07:39 Leave the airport on ASDF plane, accompanied by Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake; Mr. Suematsu, Special Advisor to PM
08:29
Arrive at Matsushima Base of ASDF, greeted by Mr. Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture, and Mr. Hiroshi Kameyama, Mayor of Ishinomaki city
09:10 Visit Takatoku Kaisan, a fish processing factory, in Ishinomaki-city, Miyagi Prefecture
09:47 Visit temporary housing in Ohashi district in Ishinomaki
10:49 Press interview
11:14 Lunch with Governor Murai and others at Road Station Joubon no Sato
11:50 Leave the station
PM
01:15 Kesenuma city, Miyagi, “Flower Road Kesenuma”, greeted by Mr. Kimiaki Toda, Mayor of Ofunato city, Iwate Prefecture, and Mr. Tsugawa, Parliamentary Secretary of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
02:27 Tour Taiheiyo Cement Ofunato Factory, accompanied by Takuya Tasso, Governor of Iwate Prefecture
03:14 Visit temporary housing in Ofunato
04:05 Press interview
04:12 Leave the site
05:32 Tohno city, Iwate Prefecture, City Culture Exchange Facility
06:32 Hanamaki Airport, Iwate Prefecture
06:42 Leave the airport
07:48 Arrive at Haneda Airport
08:21 The residence of PM
January 11, 2012
AM
09: 23 The office of PM
09:35 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
10:21 Mr. Koshiishi leaves
10:50 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
10:56 Mr. Kanazawa, former Administrative Vice Minister of Defense, and Mr. Nakae, New Administrative Vice Minister of Defense
11:13 Mr. Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management, and Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
11:23 Both leave
PM
02:16
Courtesy call from Heads of Delegations from Member Countries of
the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), including Mr. Taro Aso, head of Japanese delegation.
03:32 Mr. Maehara, chairperson of DPJ Policy Research Council
04:01 Mr. Maehara leaves
05:01 Mr. Honda, Special Advisor to PM
06:01 Conversation with PM’s beat reporters
06:54 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
07:08 The residence of PM
January 12, 2012
AM
09:32 The office of PM
09:53 Mr. Kano, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery
10:04 Mr. Kano leaves
11:03 Courtesy call from Mr. Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
11:32 Courtesy call from Ms. Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, Chair of the Council of Federation of Russia
PM
12:05 Three DPJ/Government Executive Meeting
12:43 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
01:31
Council on the Promotion of “New Public Commons”
02:04 Mr. Maki, Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
02:29 Mr. Sonoda, Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and Ms. Muraki, Director-General for Policy Planning
03:05 Mr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Chairperson of the Investigation Commission on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Plants
03:21 Mr. Shimohira, Chief of Defense Intelligence Headquarters, Ministry of Defense, and Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
03:44 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, and Mr. Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
03:47 Mr. Yonemura leaves
03:54 Mr. Kitamura leaves
03:56 Mr. Ishida, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
04:31
European Ambassadors Meeting
04:58 Walk out in the middle
05:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:18 The residence of PM