Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule May 25-31, 2015

Monday, May 25, 2015

AM
08:00 At private residence (no visitors)
08:43 Depart from private residence
08:56 Arrive at office
09:30 The second meeting of the Cyber Security Strategy Headquarters
09:35 Meeting ends
09:41 Receive a proposal from the Science and Technology Parliamentary Association
10:01 End reception
10:12 Meet with Secretary-General of Headquarters for Abduction Issue Ishikawa Shoichiro
10:27 End meeting with Mr. Ishikawa
10:29 Meet with Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, Director of National Security Council (NSC) Yachi Shotaro, MOFA’s Director-General of International Legal Affairs Bureau Akiba Takeo, and Ministry of Defense (MOD)’s Director-General of Bureau of Defense Policy Kuroe Tetsuo

11:32 End meeting with Mr. Nakatani, Mr. Yachi, Mr. Akiba, and Mr. Kuroe

PM
12:12 Depart from office
12:19 Arrive at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery. Attend the Ceremony of Reverence, lay a wreath
12:45 Depart from Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
12:54 Arrive at office
01:36 Film video message for medical science-related activity
01:59 End filming
02:01 Meet with Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Amari Akira, Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Matsuyama Kenji, Cabinet Office Director-General for Policies on Cohesive Society Maekawa Mamoru, Cabinet Office Director-General for Policies on Cohesive Society Habuka Shigeki, Cabinet Office’s Director-General for Policies on Cohesive Society Tawa Hiroshi
02:34 End meeting with Mr. Amari, Mr. Matsuyama, Mr. Maekawa, Mr. Habuka, and Mr. Tawa
02:35 Meet with Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Masuda Hiroya
03:12 End meeting with Mr. Masuda
03:20 Meet with Administrative Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nagamine Yasumasa
04:02 End meeting with Mr. Nagamine
04:03 Meet with Ministry of Finance (MOF)’s Deputy Vice-Minister Fukuda Junichi and MOF’s Director-General of Tax Bureau Sato Shinichi
04:29 End meeting with Mr. Fukuda and Mr. Sato

Suga and Yamaguchi think shirt itches

04:33 Presentation of Kariyushi Shirt from the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture Takeshi Onaga. Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Yamaguchi Shunichi also attend
04:45 Presentation ends
04:53 Depart from office
04:54 Arrive at Diet
04:55 Enter LDP Secretary-General’s Conference Room
04:56 Endorse the Governor candidate for Gunma Prefecture. Photograph Session
04:58 Leave LDP Secretary-General’s Conference Room
04:59 Enter LDP President’s Office
05:01 LDP Officers Meeting
05:20 Meeting ends
05:38 Speak with Chairman of LDP Election Strategy Committee Motegi Toshimitsu
05:42 Leave LDP President’s Office
05:43 Depart from Diet
05:45 Arrive at office
06:14 Reception for Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Haji Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak. Commemoration Photograph Session.
06:15 Ceremony by the guard of honor
06:21 Ceremony ends
06:23 Japan-Malaysia Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Najib Razak
07:19 Summit meeting ends
07:22 Joint Press Announcement
07:36 Joint Press Announcement ends
07:37 Depart from office
07:38 Arrive at the official residence. Banquet hosted by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and wife Akie
08:56 Send off Prime Minister Najib Razak and his spouse Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor
08:58 Send-off ends

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

AM
12:00 At official residence (no visitors)
07:27 Depart from office
07:32 Meet with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Hiroshige
08:13 End meeting with Mr. Seko
08:24 Cabinet meeting
08:40 Cabinet meeting ends
08:41 Meet with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu
09:53 End meeting with Mr. Kato
09:54 Depart from office
09:56 Arrive at Diet
09:57 Enter Upper House Committee Room No. 43
10:00 Meeting of the Committee on Health, Labour, and Welfare of the Upper House

PM
12:03 Meeting adjourns. Leave Upper House Committee Room No. 43
12:04 Depart from Diet
12:06 Arrive at office
12:36 Depart from office
12:38 Arrive at Diet
12:40 Enter LDP President’s Office
12:41 Meet with Chief Representative of Japan Innovation Party Matsuno Yorihisa
12:49 End meeting with Mr. Matsuno
12:50 Leave LDP President’s Office
12:52 Enter Lower House Speaker’s Reception Room
12:55 Meet with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Aso Taro and Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen
12:59 End meeting with Mr. Aso and Mr. Nakatani
01:00 Leave Lower House Speaker’s Reception Room, enter Lower House Chamber
01:02 Plenary session of the Lower House
04:01 Plenary session adjourns, leave Lower House Chamber
04:02 Depart from Diet
04:04 Arrive at office
04:05 Meet with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Miyazawa Yoichi and State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takagi Yosuke
04:23 End meeting with Mr. Miyazawa and Mr. Takagi
04:48 Meet with Director of National Security Council (NSC) Yachi Shotaro, Director of Cabinet Intelligence Kitamura Shigeru, and Director of Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center Shimohira Koji
04:56 Mr. Yachi and Mr. Shimohira leave
05:08 Mr. Kitamura leaves
05:17 Meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
06:22 Meeting ends
06:28 Ceremony to Present the Commendations for Contributors to Consumer Support for FY2015
06:40 Ceremony ends
06:56 Receive a courtesy call from a delegation led by Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee of the United States Michael D. Rogers
07:13 Courtesy call ends
07:15 Depart from office
07:32 Arrive at Italian restaurant Ristorante ASO. Dinner meeting with Chairman of the ANA Holdings Inc.’s Board Ito Shinichiro and President of ANA Holdings Inc. Katanozaka Shinya
09:01 Depart from the restaurant.
09:09 Arrive at private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
07:14 Depart from private residence
07:27 Arrive at office
08:54 Depart from office
08:56 Arrive at Diet
08:58 Enter Lower House Committee Room No. 1
09:00 Meeting of the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the Legislation for Peace and Security of Japan and the International Community

PM
12:01 Meeting adjourns
12:02 Leave Lower House Committee Room No. 1
12:04 Depart from Diet
12:05 Arrive at office
12:54 Depart from office
12:55 Arrive at Diet
12:57 Enter Lower House Committee Room No. 1
01:00 Meeting of the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the Legislation for Peace and Security of Japan and the International Community reopens
05:02 Meeting adjourns
05:03 Leave Lower House Committee Room No. 1
05:05 Depart from Diet
05:07 Arrive at office
05:13 Meeting of the Ministerial Council on the Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues
05:27 Meeting ends
05:28 Speak with Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ohta Akihiro
05:30 Finish speaking with Mr. Ohta
05:43 Meet with Chairman of LDP General Council Nikai Toshihiro, former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nishikawa Koya, and others
06:17 End meeting with Mr. Nikai, Mr. Nishikawa, and others
06:22 Depart from office
06:31 Arrive at Palace Hotel Tokyo in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Attend a party hosted by LDP faction Santo in banquet hall Aoi within the hotel, deliver an address.
06:41 Depart from the hotel
06:49 Arrive at Japanese restaurant Kurosawa in Nagata-Cho, Tokyo. Dinner meeting with President of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. Okubo Yoshio, journalist Goto Kenji, and others
09:37 Depart from the restaurant
09:53 Arrive at private residence

Thursday, May 28, 2015

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
07:12 Depart from private residence
07:24 Arrive at office
07:26 Meet with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu
08:53 End meeting with Mr. Kato
08:54 Depart from office
08:55 Arrive at Diet
08:57 Enter Lower House Committee Room No. 1
09:03 Meeting of the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the Legislation for Peace and Security of Japan and the International Community

PM
12:02 Meeting adjourns
12:03 Leave Lower House Committee Room No. 1
12:05 Depart from Diet
12:06 Arrive at office
12:47 Meet with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide
12:54 Depart from office
12:55 Arrive at Diet
12:57 Enter Lower House Committee Room No. 1
01:00 Meeting of the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the Legislation for Peace and Security of Japan and the International Community reopens
05:04 Meeting adjourns
05:05 Leave Lower House Committee Room No. 1
05:07 Depart from Diet
05:08 Arrive at office
05:19 National Security Council meeting
05:54 Meeting ends
06:03 Depart from office
06:11 Arrive at Hotel New Otani in Kioi-Cho, Tokyo. Attend a party hosted by LDP Lower House member Hosoda Hiroyuki in banquet hall Ho-Oh-No-Ma, deliver address
06:22 Depart from office
06:40 Arrive at Japanese restaurant Shinbashi Matsuyama in Ginza, Tokyo. Dinner meeting with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Hiroshige and others
07:21 Depart from the restaurant
07:27 Arrive at steakhouse Kawamura in Ginza, Tokyo. Dinner meeting with Chairman of LDP General Council Nikai Toshihiro, LDP Lower House member Kawamura Takeo, and others
09:28 Depart from the steakhouse
09:48 Arrive at private residence

Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 10-16, 2015

Monday, August 10, 2015

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
08:42 Depart from private residence
08:54 Arrive at office
09:05 Meet with new Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Honkawa Kazuyoshi, and former Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minagawa Yoshitsugu
09:10 End meeting with Mr. Honkawa and Mr. Minagawa
09:11 Meet with Minister in charge of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics Endo Toshiaki
09:24 End meeting with Mr. Endo
09:25 Meet with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Hiroshige
10:32 End meeting with Mr. Seko
10:33 Meet with Chairperson of National Public Safety Commission Yamatani Eriko
10:54 End meeting with Ms. Yamatani
10:55 Meet with Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hayashi Yoshimasa
11:03 End meeting with Mr. Hayashi
11:13 Meet with Minister for Reconstruction Takeshita Wataru
11:28 End meeting with Mr. Takeshita
11:29 Greet new Japanese Ambassador to Rwanda Ohta Kiyokazu and his colleagues
11:40 End greeting Mr. Ohta
11:41 Meet with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Shiozaki Yasuhisa

PM
12:00 End meeting Mr. Shiozaki
12:01 Receive a proposal from on the New National Stadium from Chairman of New Komeito Diet Affairs Committee Oguchi Yoshinori, and colleague
12:10 End reception
12:37 Meet with Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Saiki Akitaka
12:50 End meeting with Mr. Saiki
12:54 Depart from office
12:55 Arrive at Diet
12:57 Enter Upper House Committee Room No.1
01:00 Meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors opens
05:17 Meeting adjourns
05:19 Exit Upper House Committee Room No.1
05:20 Enter State Ministers’ Room
05:21 Receive a policy proposal from LDP Lower House member Kawamura Takeo and other Diet members from Nikai Faction
05:27 End reception
05:28 Exit State Ministers’ Room
05:29 Depart from Diet
05:31 Arrive at office
05:32 Meet with Minister in charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan Ishiba Shigeru
05:58 End meeting with Mr. Ishiba
05:59 Meet with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy
06:32 End meeting with Ms. Kennedy
06:33 Record video message for Japan Tent, an international exchange event
06:39 End recording
06:40 Interview with news reporters. Express support for Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s restart of a reactor at its Sendai plant in southwest Japan, “All measures should be taken to ensure the safety before restarting the plant”
06:41 End interview
06:42 Depart from office
07:00 Arrive at private residence
07:16 Depart from private residence
08:48 Arrive at restaurant Sumibi Kushiyaki I. W in Fujiyoshida city, Yamanashi Prefecture. Dinner with secretaries
10:15 Depart from restaurant
10:25 Arrive at holiday home in Narusawa village, Yamanashi Prefecture

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

AM
12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)
Stay at holiday home throughout morning

PM
02:00 At holiday home
Stay at holiday home throughout afternoon
05:14 Depart from holiday home
05:22 Arrive at Chinese restaurant Isai Chugokusaikan Kokyu in Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Yamanashi Prefecture. Dinner with PM’s mother Abe Yoko
07:36 Depart from restaurant
09:35 Arrive at private residence

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
09:29 Depart from private residence
10:02 Arrive at Haneda Airport
10:37 Depart from Haneda Airport by Flight 693, All Nippon Airways
11:53 Arrive at Yamaguchi Ube Airport

PM
12:03 Depart from Yamaguchi Ube Airport
12:43 Arrive at Yamaguchi Prefectural Office. Meet with Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture Muraoka Tsugumasa and Chairman of Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Hatahara Motonari.
02:00 Depart from prefectural office
02:12 Arrive at Hotel New Tanaka. Attend lecture meeting organized LDP Yamaguchi prefectural chapter.

Sumiyoshi Shrine
one of three

03:20 Depart from Hotel New Tanaka
04:21 Arrive at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki city, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Attend purification ceremony and commemorative photo session

Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki worships the aramitama of the Sumiyoshi kami--the warlike, rough, violent side of the spirit--a spirit of victory. From 1871 through 1946, Sumiyoshi Taisha (in Osaka and part of the three Sumiyoshi shrines) was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.
04:26 Depart from Sumiyoshi Shrine
05:01 Arrive at welfare facility Freude Konpira in Shimonoseki city. Visit supporters
05:18 Depart from Freude Konpira
05:31 Arrive at personal residence in Shimonoseki city
06:01 Depart from personal residence
06:17 Arrive at wedding hall Seamall Palace. Attend meeting of supporters’ group
08:00 Depart from wedding hall
08:22 Arrive at Iminomiya Shrine. Attend Suhoteisai Festivals and parades with wife Akie
08:44 Depart from Iminomiya Shrine
09:01 Arrive at chicken restaurant Kinkei. Dinner with wife Akie, Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly member Hiraoka Nozomu, and colleagues
10:04 Depart from restaurant
10:14 Arrive at personal residence

Thursday, August 13, 2015

AM
12:00 At personal residence in Shimonoseki city, Yamaguchi Prefecture (no visitors)
08:05 Depart from personal residence
08:48 Arrive at Mine City Mitou Hospital in Mine city, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Visit secretary
08:59 Depart from hospital
09:46 Visit local supporters’ residence in Shimonoseki city and give condolence call

PM
12:06 End visit
12:18 Arrive at Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Member Takase Toshiya’s residence. Give condolence call to his family
12:25 Depart from Mr. Takase’s residence
12:26 Arrive at Japanese restaurant Inamura. Lunch with Mr. Takase and colleagues
01:15 Depart from restaurant
01:33 Visit local supporters’ residence in Shimonoseki city and give condolence call
04:14 End visit
04:33 Arrive at personal residence
04:34 Meet with President of Japan Medical Association Yokokura Yoshitake and President of Fukuoka Prefecture Medical Association Matsuda Shunichiro
04:53 End meeting with Mr. Yokokura and Mr. Matsuda
06:34 Depart from personal residence
06:43 Arrive at Yamagin Archive. Reception by President of Yamaguchi Bank Fukuda Koichi. Visit Yamagin Archive with wife Akie
07:12 Depart from archive
07:25 Attend KANMON 2015 Firework Festival in Shimonoseki city. Deliver speech and watch fireworks with wife Akie
08:17 Depart from firework grounds
08:36 Arrive at barbecue restaurant Yakiniku Ariran. Dinner with wife Akie
09:39 Depart from restaurant
09:49 Arrive at New Miyazaki Building. Informal meeting with President of a supporters’ group
10:28 Depart from New Miyazaki Building
10:35 Arrive at personal residence

Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule August 11-17, 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014

AM
12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)
08:00 At holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture (no morning visitors)
Stay at holiday home throughout morning (no visitors)

PM
01:31 Depart from holiday home
02:59 Arrive at private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo
05:41 Depart from private residence
05:58 Arrive at Lower House 1st Diet Members’ Meeting Hall. Receive dental examination at dentist’s office inside hall
06:37 Depart from meeting hall
06:48 Arrive at yakiniku restaurant Ryugetsuen in Yotsuya, Tokyo. Dinner meeting with Jiji Press Commentary Committee member Kato Kiyotaka, Kaetsu University professor Takahashi Yoichi, political journalist Suenobu Yoshimasa and his colleagues
08:57 Depart from restaurant
09:14 Arrive at private residence

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)
08:04 Depart from private residence
08:38 Arrive at Haneda Airport
08:40 Speak with Director-General of LDP Election Strategy Committee Kawamura Takeo in Haneda Airport’s VIP room
08:50 Finish speaking with Mr. Kawamura
09:08 Depart from Haneda Airport on ANA Flight 631
10:22 Arrive at Iwakuni Airport, reception by Mayor of Yamaguchi Prefecture’s Iwakuni City Fukuda Yoshihiko
10:32 Speak with President of Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Yanai Shungaku
10:45 Finish speaking with Mr. Yanai
10:46 Depart from airport
11:48 Arrive at former Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, the late Yamamoto Shigetaro’s house in Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Perform condolence call. Mr. Yanai accompanies
11:57 Depart from the late Mr. Yamamoto’s house

PM
12:22 Arrive at Kishi family gravesite in Tabuse Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Visit the grave of Mr. Abe’s grandfather and former Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke and others. Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi Nobuo and LDP Upper House member Kitamura Tsuneo accompany
12:45 Depart from Kishi family gravesite
01:24 Arrive at restaurant Torian in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Lunch with President of Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Mr. Yanai and Vice-President Hatahara Motonari
02:06 Depart from restaurant

Zenshoji 

03:04 Arrive at former President of Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly, the late Shimada Akira’s house in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Attend Mr. Shimada’s memorial service at nearby Zenshoji Temple
03:31 Depart from Zenshoji Temple
04:52 Visit authorized supporters’ groups and houses of supporters in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Make rounds to supporters
05:50 Finish making rounds
06:01 Arrive at Takenaka Dental Clinic in Shimonoseki City. Receive dental examination
06:16 Depart from Takenaka Dental Clinic
06:25 Arrive at personal residence in Shimonoseki City
07:46 Depart from personal residence
08:03 Arrive at Iminomiya Shrine in Shimonoseki City. Attend festival with wife Akie, parade
08:43 Depart from Iminomiya Shrine
09:04 Arrive at restaurant specializing in cooking using chicken Kinkei [鶏料理専門店「金鶏」]. Dinner with wife Akie, President of a supporters’ group Ito Akio and colleagues
09:50 Depart from restaurant
09:59 Arrive at personal residence

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

AM
12:00 At personal residence (no visitors)
08:00 At personal residence in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (no morning visitors)
09:02 Depart from personal residence
09:10 Arrive at former Shimonoseki City Manager’s house in Shimonoseki City, perform condolence call
09:20 Depart from former Shimonoseki City Manager’s house
09:28 Perform condolence calls at former President of Shimonoseki City Council, the late Ohama Toshiaki’s house and his supporters’ houses
11:42 Finish condolence calls
11:44 Arrive at Chofu shopping street in Shimonoseki City. Take commemorative photo with local residents
11:57 Arrive at okonomiyaki restaurant Hirata in Shimonoseki City on foot. Lunch with secretaries

PM
12:26 Depart from restaurant on foot
12:27 Walk along Chofu shopping street
12:42 Finish walking along the street
12:43 Depart from Chofu shopping street
12:44 Arrive at Keiyuen Chofu Seisakusho Memorial Hall in Shimonoseki City. Reception by Chofu Seisakusho’s Chairman Kawakami Yasuo and President Hashimoto Kazuhiro. Browse Keiyuen Chofu Seisakusho Memorial Hall
01:12 Interview open to all media: When asked about “the GDP of the past 4-6 month periods having gone down in annual rate by 6.8% from the previous period” Mr. Abe answers “While calmly performing economic assessments, I want to firmly deal with the situation, and be absolutely sure of a return to a trajectory of economic growth.”
01:14 Interview ends
01:24 Depart from Keiyuen Chofu Seisakusho Memorial Hall
01:50 Perform condolence calls to the houses of supporters and others in Shimonoseki City
02:54 Finish performing condolence calls
02:58 Visit Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki City and take a commemorative photo with supporters
03:14 Finish shrine visit
03:15 Depart from Sumiyoshi Shrine
03:30 Arrive at a supporter’s house in Shimonoseki City and perform condolence call
03:42 Depart from supporter’s house
03:49 Arrive at President of a supporters’ group Ito Akio’s house. Informal talk with Mr. Ito
04:13 Depart from Mr. Ito’s house
04:22 Arrive at former Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly member, the late Ito Hiroshi’s house. Perform condolence call
04:36 Depart from the late Ito Hiroshi’s house
04:46 Arrive at the house of person associated with supporters’ group. Perform condolence call
04:52 Depart from associated person’s house
04:54 Arrive at a supporter from Shimonoseki City’s house. Perform condolence call
05:33 Depart from supporter’s house
05:52 Arrive at personal residence
06:34 Depart from personal residence
06:45 Arrive at Yamagin Archive in Shimonoseki City. Reception by President of Yamaguchi Bank, Ltd. Fukuda Koichi. Browse archive with wife Akie
07:09 Depart from Yamagin Archive
07:11 Arrive at Kanmon Straits fireworks display grounds, deliver address. Admire fireworks display with wife Akie
08:17 Depart from fireworks display grounds
08:20 Arrive at restaurant Wine Bar NARROW in Shimonoseki City
08:26 Depart from restaurant
08:40 Arrive at yakiniku restaurant Ariran in Shimonoseki City. Dinner with Akie, friends and secretaries
09:40 Depart from yakiniku restaurant
10:00 Arrive at personal residence

Thursday, August 14, 2014

AM
12:00 At personal residence (no visitors)
08:00 At personal residence in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture (no morning visitors)
09:28 Depart from personal residence
09:38 Perform condolence calls to houses of Mr. Abe’s office staff and supporters
11:06 Finish performing condolence calls
11:27 Arrive at personal residence

PM
12:17 Speak with Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly member Kasamoto Toshiya
12:20 Finish speaking with Mr. Kasamoto
12:21 Depart from personal residence
01:31 Arrive at a supporter’s house in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, perform condolence call
01:46 Depart from supporter’s house
02:01 Perform condolence call at house of former Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Member and supporter, the late Saiki Toshihiko
04:13 Finish condolence call
04:15 Arrive at Abe family gravesite in Nagato City. Visit the graves of Mr. Abe’s father and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Abe Shintaro and others with wife Akie
04:26 Depart from Abe family gravesite
06:04 Arrive at Yamaguchi Ube Airport
06:25 Meet with Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture Muraoka Tsugumasa in a special room of the airport
06:57 End meeting with Mr. Muraoka
07:18 Depart from airport with wife Akie on JAL Flight 1648
08:40 Arrive at Haneda Airport
08:52 Depart from airport
09:20 Arrive at private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo

Friday, August 15, 2014

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)
08:30 Depart from private residence

48 seconds and he's done

08:46 Arrive at office
08:51 Meet with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Kitamura Shigeru
09:21 End meeting with Mr. Kitamura
09:40 Meet with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Motegi Toshimitsu and Commissioner of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Ueda Takayuki
10:00 End meeting with Mr. Motegi and Mr. Ueda
10:03 Cabinet Meeting begins
10:24 Cabinet Meeting ends

What must they be thinking

10:28 Meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishida Fumio and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)’s Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Ihara Junichi
10:48 End meeting with Mr. Kishida and Mr. Ihara
10:49 Speak with Special Advisor to President of the LDP Hagiuda Koichi
10:50 Finish speaking with Mr. Hagiuda
10:51 Speak with LDP Toyama Prefecture Branch children’s writing contest top contestants Kuwana Akinori and others
11:00 Finish speaking with writing contest’s top contestants
11:01 Receive courtesy call from Japan’s representative team in ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
11:10 Courtesy call ends
11:17 Depart from office
11:24 Arrive at Chidorigafuchi Cemetery for war dead in Sanban-cho, Tokyo. Offer flowers
11:28 Depart from Chidorigafuchi Cemetery
11:33 Arrive at Nippon Budokan (Japan Martial Arts Hall) in Kitanomaru Park, Tokyo

11:51 Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead

PM
12:52 Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead ends
12:54 Depart from Nippon Budokan
01:02 Arrive at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu in Nagata-cho, Tokyo. Dinner with secretaries at restaurant ORIGAMI inside hotel
01:57 Depart from hotel
02:13 Arrive at private residence
02:43 Depart from private residence
04:11 Arrive at holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture
06:02 Depart from holiday home
06:11 Arrive at Chinese restaurant Ren in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Dinner with mother Kishi Yoko and secretaries
07:58 Depart from restaurant
08:07 Arrive at holiday home

Saturday, August 16, 2014

AM
12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)
08:00 At holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture (no morning visitors)
09:16 Depart from holiday home
09:43 Arrive at Fuji Course golf course in Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture. Play golf with secretaries

PM
04:38 Depart from golf course
05:03 Arrive at holiday home
06:04 Depart from holiday home
06:41 Arrive at membership Hotel XIV Yamanakako Sanctuary Villa in Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture. Dinner at hotel’s restaurant Il Colone with wife Akie and mother Kishi Yoko
09:11 Depart from hotel
09:43 Arrive at holiday home

Sunday, August 17, 2014

AM
12:00 At holiday home (no visitors)
07:51 Depart from holiday home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture
07:55 Arrive at golf course Fujizakura Country Club. Play golf with Chairman of Keidanren (Federation of Economic Organizations) Sakakibara Sadayuki, Chairman and CEO of Canon Mitarai Fujio, and Honorary Executive Consultant of JX Holdings Watari Fumiaki

PM
03:49 Depart from Fujizakura Country Club
03:52 Arrive at holiday home
05:37 Depart from holiday home
05:59 Arrive at Hotel Mt. Fuji in Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture. Dinner with Chairman of Fuji Television Network Hieda Hisashi and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu in banquet hall Menuet. Wife Akie also attends
08:31 Depart from hotel
08:54 Arrive at holiday home

Provisional Translation by: Erin M. Jones

Tuesday in Washington, May 27, 2014

5/26 - Memorial Day. US government closed, National Holiday.
5/26 - Annual ceremony in Tokyo for the war dead at Chidorigafuchi, attended by Prime Minster Abe.

NUCLEAR FLASHPOINTS: US-IRAN TENSIONS OVER TERMS AND TIMETABLES. 5/27, 9:30-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Wilson Center (WWC); US Institute of Peace (USIP); Stimson Center; Arms Control Association (ACA). Speakers: Robin Wright, joint fellow, USIP and WWC; Stephen Hadley, chairman, USIP; John Wolfsthal, deputy director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Daryl Kimball, executive director, ACA; and Robert Litwak, vice president for scholars and academic relations, director of international security studies, WWC.

THE RUSSIAN GAS MATRIX: HOW MARKETS ARE DRIVING CHANGE. 5/27, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: James Henderson, Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Johnathan Stern, Chairman, Natural Gas Research Programme and Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Edward C. Chow, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program; CSIS; Moderator: Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy.

GERMANY’S RUSSIA POLICY: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS. 5/27, Noon–1:30pm. Sponsor: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University (AICGS). Speaker: Dr. Hannes Adomeit, political scientist and expert on Russian and East-Central European affairs.

THE FUTURE OF AFGHAN POLICING: SECURITY AFTER NATO WITHDRAWAL. 5/27, 1:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US Institute of Peace (USIP). Speakers: Ali Jalali, former minister of the interior of Afghanistan and professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies; Catherine Royle, former head, International Police Coordination Board Secretariat and former British deputy ambassador, Kabul; Aziz Hakimi, co-author, Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan; Michelle Hughes, author, The Afghan National Police in 2015 and Beyond, founder, president and CEO, VALRAC Innovation LLC; Jonathan Goodhand, co-author, Counterinsurgency, Local Militias, and Statebuilding in Afghanistan; and Shawn Stith, former director of the International Security Assistance Force Ministry of Interior Ministerial Advisory Group.

IRAQ 2.0: WHAT COMES NEXT? 5/27, 1:30-2.45pm. Sponsor: American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Speakers: Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress; Douglas Ollivant, New America Foundation and Mantid International; Michael Rubin, AEI.

MAPPING CHANGES IN THE INDONESIAN ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE FROM 2009 TO 2014. 5/27, 2:30-4:00pm. Sponsor: United Sates-Indonesia Society (USINDO). Speaker: Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University.

ASIA IN THE WORLD: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES. 5/27, 3:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: David Shambaugh, Fellow, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, Director of the China Policy Program, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, the Brookings Institution; Robert Sutter, Professor, International Affairs, George Washington University; Amitav Acharaya, Professor, International Affairs, American University. 

THE ALLURE OF NORMALCY: AMERICA’S LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY. 5/27, 4:00-5:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: David Brooks, columnist, New York Times; Robert Kagan, senior fellow, Brookings; Moderator: Leon Wieseltier, literary editor, New Republic.

Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule August 12-26, 2013

Shoin Shrine

[For a good review of this Week with the Prime Minister, see Shisaku.]

August 12, 2013 (Mon)

AM
09:37 Office
10:32 Courtesy Call from Youths from Israel and Palestine
11:21 Press Interview
11:49 Haneda Airport

PM
12:19 Leave the airport on JAL Flight 1645 with Mrs. Akie Abe
01:33 Arrive at Yamaguchi Ube Airport
02:54 Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, “Kaneko Farm,” Observe Japanese Pear Farm; Take photos with Akiyoshi Pear Production and Sales Cooperative members
04:07 Nagato-city, visity his father and ancestor’s grave yard
04:54 JR Nagato-shi Station, Walk through
05:48 In front of Nagato City Office
05:56 Give remarks at welcome ceremony
06:24 Ootani Sanso in Nagato city
06:56 Attend dinner party hosted by his local supporters; Stay in this hotel


August 13, 2013 (Tue)

AM
10:29 Nagato-city, observes Tougo Stepped Rice Paddy; Mrs. Abe accompanies
11:43 Visit his supporters’ homes in Hagi City, Yamaguchi

PM
12:10 Road Station “Hagi Seamart”; Lunch with Takeo Kawamura, LDP Lower House Member, in Seafood Restaurant “Hama Ryori Gangan”
01:25 Shoin Shrine
01:55 Press Interviews
02:03 Observes Shouka Sonjuku
02:26 Visit tomb of Shoin Yoshida [executed spiritual father of the Meiji Restoration, born August 4, 1830.]
04:09 Yamaguchi Ube Airport
04:53 Leave the airport on ANA Flight 698
06:12 Arrive at Haneda Airport
06:49 Dinner with friends in Japanese Restaurant Shinmai, Shirokane, Tokyo
09:28 home in Tomigaya

August 14, 2013 (Wed)

AM
10:49 Tokyo, Roppongi, Hotel Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Exercise at NAGOMI Spa and Fitness

PM
02:32 Home in Tomigaya
06:02 Hongaku-ji temple in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama City; Attend funeral of his secretary’s funeral
06:47 Hotel New Otani; Dinner with Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga; Hidenao Nakagawa, Former LDP Secretary General; and Tsutomu Shida, Shidax Advisor
08:48 Home in Tomigaya

August 15, 2013 (Thu)

AM
08:44 Office
08:52 Deputy Foreign Minister Sugiyama; Kouzuki, MoFA European Affairs Director General
09:15 Kouzuki leaves
09:24 Sugiyama leaves
09:30 Courtesy Call from United States Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the United States
10:12 Ministerial meeting
10:27 Ministerial Council on Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues
10:39 Amari, Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax; and Nakamura, Cabinet Secretariat Social Security Reform Director
10:57 Courtesy Call from the Japanese National Team for the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest
11:17 Press Interviews
11:26 Offers Prayers at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
11:33 Nippon Budoukan
11:51 Attends the Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead

PM
01:02 The Capitol Hotel Tokyu, Nagata-cho; Lunch with Secretaries at Restaurant Origami
01:56 Hotel Hilton Tokyo, Nishi Shinjuku, Haircut at Barber Shop Muragi
03:21 Home in Tomigaya
05:50 Summer Home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture
06:56 Summer home of Yohei Sasakawa, President of Nippon Zaidan [Foundation, largest in Japan]: President Sasakawa; Former PM Yoshiro Mori; Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Ishihara, Minister of Environment; Kato, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Koichi Hagiuda, LDP President Special Advisor
09:18 Summer home

Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen on visiting soon the Yasukuni Shrine. He believes, as noted in the translation below, that his recent visits to foreign war cemeteries are equivalent to paying homage to Imperial Japan's war dead. And he laments that there is an "asymmetry" in that foreign leaders do not visit Japan's war dead.

Abe consistently gives long-winded non-answers preceded by references to what other countries do for their war dead when questioned whether or not he will visit Yasukuni. A simple no would do. His intent, however, is to say yes. When is now a parlor game.

Yasukuni

Lanterns at Yasukuni

In the next two months, he has two choices to visit Yasukuni, a private Shinto Shrine where the spirits of Japan's named war-

Lanterns at the Yasukan

dead, mostly military, are enshrined. Yasukuni was created to embed a state religion tied to the Emperor. Most important, Yasukuni is to glorify Japan's selective war dead and honor them for their sacrifice to the Emperor.

Best known among the days that Abe may select to visit Yasukuni is the non-festival day, August 15, which is the anniversary of Japan's cessation of hostilities toward the Allies. True conservatives in Japan are not supporters of the Alliance. Some observers think to lessen the annoyance to Americans, however, he will chose to visit the Shrine a day or so earlier.

The other is this week, July 13-16, that are the official Shinto festival days of Mitama Matsuri (Souls/Spirt Festival). Called the Lantern Festival, it was created in 1947 as a mid-summer remembrance to the war dead and positioned to dovetail and ressemble the Buddhist Obon summer festival honoring one's ancestors. Abe and most other prominent politicians of all parties send commemorative lanterns to the Shrine.

[For more background see Japan's Yasukuni Shrine: Place of Peace Or Place of Conflict? Regional Politics of History and Memory in East Asia (Google eBook).]

Chinreisha

Chinreisha

More important, July 13 it is the festival day for the Chinreisha (Spirit Pacifying Shrine), which is a small shrine off to the left (south) of the main shrine [honden] at Yasukuni. Erected in 1965, this structure houses (or welcomes) the spirits of all the war-dead (unnamed) since 1853 that are not enshrined at the honden. This means both Japanese and non-Japanese who who died fighting against the Emperor. A visit to this part of Yasukuni to honor these kami can balance a visit to the honden. As Professor John Breen, one of the world's leading authorities on Shinto notes, the Chinreisha "has the capacity to recall a more nuanced past, a past of perpetrators and of victims, of winners and losers, of horror as well as heroism."  To the best of my knowledge, no Japanese official has done this. Until October 2006, the Chinreisha was fenced off and inaccessible.

Chidorigafuchi
Abe, however, ignores that he has another option. As friends of Abe reminded Americans on Japan has a memorial day on the last Monday of May. Since 1959, members of the Imperial Family and national leaders gather at Chidorigafuchi for a ceremony honoring Japan's unidentified dead from their 14 years of war in Asia.  The focus is the military dead, but as all the collected remains are unidentified, it is impossible to separate the combatants from the noncombatants.

The Health Labor and Welfare Ministry oversees the collections of remains of the unknown throughout Japan's former battlefields, arranges for their ashes to be entombed collectively at Chidorgafuchi, and organizes the national ceremonies. This public park, steps away from Yasukuni and the Imperial Palace, is managed by a non-governmental organization, in cooperation with the Environmental Ministry. Different religious ceremonies and rites are held throughout the year at the ossuary.

Abe at Chidorigaifuchi May 27, 2013

Every year new ashes are added to the crypt. Abe, himself, collected remains on Iwoto (Iwo Jima) this past April, which were deposited in May at Chidorigaifuchi.

On May 27th, the remains of 1,628 unidentified Japanese who died fighting for Imperial Japan during World War II were laid to rest in a memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery. The remains were from Iwo Jima and Russia. With the addition, the number of the war dead honored in the cemetery came to 358,260. Princess Takamado attended the ceremony. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Norihisa Tamura, Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera, Minister of the Environment Nobuteru Ishihara, representatives from bereaved family organizations, and foreign ambassadors attended.

As you can see from this video, the Prime Minister is decidedly uncomfortable at the ceremony. He spends his required ten minutes and rushes off to his next appointment.

Abe in Burma

Social Media
Most interesting is how Abe's staff handled his social media posts. Abe’s Chidorigafuchi visit is noted on the official Kantei websites in both Japanese and English (albeit without the video link).

However, the staff significantly downplays the visit on his three associated Facebook pages. A post detailing the visit to Chidorigafuchi on May 27th complete with a picture was removed from Kantei’s Japanese-language Facebook page by June 1. In its place, is a picture of the Prime Minister with his back to the camera before the black memorial tablet at Kazuo Nakamura's grave located near the Burma Peace Memorial. A fictionalized account of Nakamura, as Imperial Japanese Army "Lance Corporal Mizuma," during Japan's surrender in Burma is the theme of  the famous anti-war book and movie The Burmese Harp. Abe visited this memorial and cemetery on May 25th.

PM Noda

There was never a mention of the Chidorigaifuchi visit on the Kantei's English-language Facebook page. Instead, for May 27th is the same picture and description of  Prime Minister Abe before Nakamura's memorial tablet at Burma's Peace Memorial in the Yeway cemetery that holds the remains of Japanese who died both before and during the War.

On Abe’s personal Japanese-language Facebook page for May 27th is a photo of Abe and his wife bowing at the Burma Peace Memorial in the Yeway Japanese Cemetery. As noted above, this took place on the 25th. At the end of the post there is a one sentence mention of the Chidorigaifuchi visit on the 27th: Today, a worship ceremony was held in Chidorigafuchi cemetery for the war dead; remains have been returned starting with Iwo Jima, Sakhalin, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Eastern New Guinea, Bismarck, Solomon Islands, Mariana Islands, and the former Soviet Union and an offering has been made for each.

It does not appear that Prime Minister Abe visited the Taukkyan War Cemetery, a memorial to Allied soldiers from the British Commonwealth who died in battle in Burma. In January, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso had visited the Yeway Cemetery. Together, Abe and Aso are setting the precedent for visiting Japan's war dead at memorials and cemeteries in Asia.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda worshiped and honored Japan's war dead on August 15, 2012 at Chidorigafuchi (see bottom of page).

For the translation of “Asymmetry” Should Be Resolved on Leaders’ Pilgrimage to War Memorial
By: Megumi Nishikawa, Mainichi Shimbun, 6/28/13 Click next page

Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 27-June 3

May 27, 2013 (Mon)

AM
09:43 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya
09:59 Arrive at Imperial Palace. Report of return home
10:06 Leave Imperial Palace
10:13 Arrive at office
10:15 Hiroshige Seko, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
10:56 Toshio Oishi, Internal Affairs Deputy Director-Generals
11:26 Masanori Nishi, Defense Permanent Secretary; Kenji Hiramatsu, Director General of the Foreign Policy Bureau

PM
12:10 Leave office
12:20 Arrive at Tokyo’s Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery. Attend ceremony and lay flowers
12:41 Leave Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery.
12:51 Arrive at office
01:50 Takuya Miyama, Director General of the Civil Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Justice; Nobuo Inada, Detective Superintendent
02:31 Motoo Hayashi, Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party Research Commission on Public Safety and Counterterrorism Measures
02:52 Leave office
02:53 Arrive at National Diet
02:55 House of Councilors Chairman Reception Office
02:57 House of Councilors Chamber
03:01 House of Councilors plenary session begins
04:10 Leave House of Councilors plenary mid-session
04:12 Leave National Diet
04:14 Arrive at office
04:22 Ichita Yamamoto, Minister of Technology Policy
04:24 Kouya Nishikawa, member of House of Representatives in the Diet; Satsuki Katayama, member of House of Councillors
04:57 Leave office
04:59 Arrive at National Diet
05:00 Liberal Democratic Party President’s Chambers
05:28 LDP board meeting ends
05:41 Leave National Diet
05:43 Arrive at office
05:44 Akitaka Saiki, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Foreign Ministry official Kunio Umeda, Director General of the International Cooperation Bureau
06:38 Leave office
06:39 Arrive at official residence
06:40 Dinner with Yasutoshi Nishimura, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; Vice Ministers of each ministry. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Katsunobu Kato, Hiroshige Seko both Cabinet Secretaries attend
08:17 Leave official residence
08:31 Arrive at private residence

May 28, 2013 (Tue)

AM
07:51 Leave home in Tomigaya
08:04 Arrive at office
08:14 Headquarters for Promoting Decentralization Reform
08:26 Ministerial Meeting Concerning Measures Against Crime
08:43 Cabinet Meeting
09:06 Receives proposal from Kaoru Kamata, Chairman of the Education Rebuilding Implementation Council. Hakubun Shimomura, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in attendance
09:26 Tomomi Inada, Minister of Cool Japan Strategy
09:46 Akira Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Takashi Matsumoto, Cabinet Office Administrative Vice Minister; Takeshi Matsuyama, Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination enter
09:49 Mr. Amari leaves
10:01 Mr. Matsumoto, Mr. Matsuyama depart
10:12 Records video message for “Japan Taiwan Sightseeing Summit”
10:35 Akitaka Saiki, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Kunio Umeda, Director General International Cooperation Bureau

PM
12:00 Leave official residence
12:02 Arrive at official residence. Dines with Liberal Democratic Party’s Toru Shiraishi and members of the Diet who have been elected for the first time. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is present
12:49 Leave official residence
12:50 Arrive at official residence
02:01 Meet with experts on establishing a National Security Council
03:01 Mayor Oonishi, Miwa City Assemblyman Meeting Chairman Nagato in Yamaguchi Prefecture
03:29 Courtesy call from Mary Anne Morgan, United States Cherry Blossom Queen
03:41 Keiji Furuya, Minister in charge of the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals
04:03 Mr. Amari; Ikuo Sugawara, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Director manufacturing industry
04:35 Shigeru Kitamura, Cabinet Information Officer; Yuuji Sato Coast Guard Monitor, enter
04:50 Mr. Satou leaves
05:00 Mr. Kitamura leaves
05:01 Mr. Saiki; Takeshi Yagi, Ambassador to India
05:32 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
07:07 Office
07:08 Informal talk with Liberal Democratic Party’s Shinjirou Koizumi and Diet members who have been elected twice
08:00 The Prime Minister and his wife Akie meet with Prime Minister of India, Singh, and his wife
08:02 Dinner with Singh and his wife. Mr. Akie, Mr. Saiki attend
09:13 See off Prime Minister Singh with his wife Akie
09:15 Leave official residence
09:33 Home

May 29, 2013 (Wed)

AM
09:33 Leave home in Tomigaya
09:49 Office
09:54 Akira Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; George Hara, Chairman of U.S. venture investment specialty company “DEFTA Partners Group”
10:53 TBS interview
11:41 Ichita Yamato, Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs; Nakaima Hirokazu, Okinawa Prefectural Governor
11:52 Hirokazu Nakaima, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture and others present “Kariyushi Shirt”

PM
12:01 Leave office
12:07 Arrive at Hotel Okura in Toranomon, Tokyo. Attend LDP Ishihara faction’s party in the banquet hall of the hotel
12:15 Leave hotel
12:21 Office
12:54 Tatsuya Ito, Chairman, LDP Small to Medium Enterprise/Small Scale Business Person Policy Investigation Association
01:26 Yoko Kamikawa, LDP Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs; Masako Mori, Support Representative of Gender Equality and Child Education.
03:25 Yomuri TV interview
04:40 Takashi Onishi, Japan Science Council Chairman; Yamato, Takashi Matsumoto Cabinet Office Administrative Vice Minister
04:55 Kazuhiro Tamaki, President of the NPO Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) and Ryoki Sugita, Chairman and Chairman of Nikkei Inc.
06:09 Mini summit meeting with Prime Minister Singh of India
06:48 The summit plenary
07:39 Joint statement signing ceremony, joint press conference
08:19 Dinner hosted by the Prime Minister and his wife
09:51 See off Prime Minister Singh
09:57 Leave office
10:10 Home

May 30, 2013 (Thu)

AM
09:20 Home in Tomigaya
09:38 Office
09:56 Ichita Yamamoto, Minister of Science and Technology
10:47 Summit meeting with President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania
11:19 Send off President Kikwete
11:29 Courtesy call from United Nations Millennium Development Goals Envoy for Africa Yvonne Chaka Chaka

PM
02:04 Parliamentary Secretary of Defense Akira Sato
02:38 Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the World Customs Organization (WCO)
02:53 Yuriko Koike, LDP Public Relations Director
03:27 Senator Benjamin Cardin, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; US Ambassador to Japan John Roos
04:06 Takumi Nemoto, Minister for Reconstruction
04:26 Courtesy call from winners of the National Truck Driver Contest. (See Shisaku's thoughtful post - Reflections on the Prime Minister's Award in Truck Driving)
04:35 Mr. Kitamura, Director, Cabinet Intelligence
05:05 Mr. Saiki, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Umeda, Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, joins
05:10 Mr. Umeda departs
05:11 Mr. Hiramatsu, Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, MoFA, joins
05:20 Mr. Hiramatsu departs
05:53 Mr. Saiki departs
06:12 Leave office
06:22 Mita Shared Meeting Room
06:23 Mr. Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
06:48 Welcome Reception for the ESRI International Conference
07:09 Depart
07:18 Dinner with Shotaro Yachi, Cabinet Office Councilor in Japanese Restaurant Yamazato, Hotel Okura Tokyo
08:38 Depart
08:55 Home

May 31, 2013 (Fri)

AM
08:02 Home in Tomigaya
08:16 Office
08:25 Cabinet meeting
09:42 Leave office
10:19 Arrive at Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel. First day of TICAD V morning events
11:00 Meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
11:25 Meet with President Macky Sall of Senegal
11:54 Begin talks with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

PM
12:14 Talks with President Sirleaf end. First day of TICAD V afternoon events
12:19 Meet with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of Somalia
01:37 Meet with President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan
02:08 Meet with President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana
02:37 Meet with President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique
03:06 Depart from hotel
03:07 Arrive at Pacifico Yokohama, a convention center
03:09 Address Special Conference on Somalia
03:18 Depart
03:19 Arrive at hotel
03:20 Depart hotel
03:23 Arrive at Yokohama Royal Park Hotel
03:38 Attend 2013 AFDP African Leader’s and Business Representatives’ Conference
03:46 Leave hotel
03:50 Arrive at Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel
04:01 Meet with President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire
04:28 Leave hotel
04:30 Arrive at Pacifico Yokohama
04:31 Attend African Fair 2013
04:38 Observe the fair with Governor Yuuji Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture
04:51 Depart
04:52 Arrive at Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel
05:04 Meet with President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso
05:29 President Bensalah of the Council of the Nation of Algeria
06:35 Depart from hotel
06:37 Arrive at Yokohama Royal Park Hotel
07:00 Host welcome reception with Mayor of Yokohama
07:57 Depart from hotel
07:59 Arrive at Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel