Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 2-8, 2014

Monday, June 2, 2014

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)
08:59 Depart from private residence
09:12 Arrive at Imperial Palace, register return to Japan
09:20 Depart from Imperial Palace
09:29 Arrive at office
09:48 Meet with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seko Hiroshige
10:18 End meeting with Mr. Seko
10:19 Meet with Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Ihara Jyunichi
10:33 End meeting with Mr. Ihara
10:34 Meet with Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform Inada Tomomi and Director General of the Bureau of Personnel Affairs Kato Katsunobu
10:50 End meeting with Ms. Inada and Mr. Kato
10:51 Meet with Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Furuya Keiji
11:02 End meeting with Mr. Furuya
11:03 Meet with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Saiki Akitaka and Mr. Ihara
11:14 End meeting with Mr. Saiki and Mr. Ihara
11:15 Meet with Director of the National Security Council Yachi Shotaro, Mr. Saiki, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Sugiyama Shinsuke, and Director General of European Affairs Bureau Kozuki Toyohisa
11:38 End meeting with Mr. Yachi, Mr. Saiki, Mr. Sugiyama and Mr. Kozuki.
11:39 Meet with Minister in charge of Information Technology Policy Yamamoto Ichita

PM
12:09 Ruling Party Liaison Conference
12:27 Ruling Party Liaison Conference ends
12:45 Meet with Mr. Seko, Mr. Sugiyama, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Nagamine Yasumasa and Mr. Kozuki
01:30 End meeting with Mr. Seko, Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Nagamine and Mr. Kozuki
01:37 Administrative Reform Promotion Council meeting
01:45 Administrative Reform Promotion Council meeting ends
01:51 Depart from office
01:53 Arrive at Diet
01:54 Enter Upper House Chairman’s Reception Room
01:57 Leave Chairman’s Reception Room and enter Upper House Plenary Meeting Hall
02:01 Upper House Plenary Session convenes
04:12 Upper House Plenary Session adjourns, leave Upper House Plenary Meeting Hall
04:13 Depart from Diet
04:14 Arrive at office
04:24 Meet with Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Nagamine, Mr. Kozuki, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs Furusawa Mitsuhiro and Vice Minister for International Affairs in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ishiguro Norihiko
04:49 End meeting with Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Nagamine, Mr. Kozuki, Mr. Furusawa and Mr. Ishiguro
04:57 Depart from office
04:59 Arrive at Diet
05:00 Enter LDP President’s Room
05:01 LDP Officers Meeting
05:12 LDP Officers Meeting ends
05:13 Meet with LDP Vice President Komura Masahiko and LDP Secretary General Ishiba Shigeru
05:15 End meeting with Mr. Komura and Mr. Ishiba
05:17 Leave LDP President’s Room
05:18 Depart from Diet
05:29 Arrive at live music house Nicofarre (ニコファーレ) in Tokyo, attend World Economics Forum Japan Meeting 2014
05:48 Leave Nicofarre
05:53 Arrive at office
06:05 Meet with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Kitamura Shigeru, Mr. Yachi, Director-General of Foreign Policy Bureau Hiramatsu Kenji, Director-General of North American Affairs Bureau Tomita Koji, Director General of Bureau of Defense Policy Tokuchi Hideshi and Chief of Staff of Joint Staff Council Iwasaki Shigeru
06:46 End meeting with Mr. Kitamura, Mr. Yachi, Mr. Hiramatsu, Mr. Tomita, Mr. Tokuchi and Mr. Iwasaki
06:47 Meet with Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ohta Akihiro
07:08 End meeting with Mr. Ohta
07:12 Depart from office
07:13 Arrive at official residence

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

AM
12:00 At official residence (no visitors)
07:58 Depart from official residence
07:59 Arrive at office
08:07 National Resilience Promotion Headquarters meeting
08:16 National Resilience Promotion Headquarters meeting ends
08:24 Cabinet meeting
08:40 Cabinet meeting ends
08:44 Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society meeting
09:01 Meeting ends
09:02 Meet with Cabinet Advisor Iijima Isao
09:11 End meeting with Mr. Iijima
09:12 Meet with Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs Sugiyama Shinsuke and Nagamine Yasumasa, Director General of European Affairs Kozuki Toyohisa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs Fursawa Mitsuhiro, Vice Minister for International Affairs in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Harihara Hisao, and Vice-Minister for International Affairs in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ishiguro Norihiko
10:10 End meeting with Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Nagamine, Mr. Kozuki, Mr. Furusawa, Mr. Harihara and Mr. Ishiguro
10:11 Meet with Japan Foundation President Ando Hiroyasu
10:16 End meeting with Mr. Ando
10:26 Met with Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Amari Akira and Director General of Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau Sugawara Ikuro enter
10:56 Mr. Sugawara leaves
11:06 Mr. Amari leaves
11:07 Meet with Minister for Reconstruction Nemoto Takumi
11:20 End meeting with Mr. Nemoto
11:25 Meet with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Kitamura Shigeru
11:55 End meeting with Mr. Kitamura
11:56 Meet with LDP Lower House member Kawai Katsuyuki

PM
12:09 Meet with LDP Regional Diplomatic and Economic Partnership Research Commission Chairman Komura Masahiko. Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu also attend
12:22 End meeting with LDP Regional Diplomatic and Economic Partnership Research Commission
12:23 Meet with Mayor of Hofu City (Yamaguchi Prefecture) Matsuura Masato
12:28 End meeting with Mr. Matsuura
12:49 Meet with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Eto Seiichi
12:53 End meeting with Mr. Eto
12:54 Meet with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Kimura Taro
12:58 End meeting with Mr. Kimura
12:59 Meet with Cabinet Advisor Fuji Satoshi
01:03 End meeting with Mr. Fuji
01:04 Meet with Cabinet Advisor Kiso Isao
01:05 End meeting with Mr. Kiso
01:06 Meet with Cabinet Advisor Munakata Norio
01:12 End meeting with Mr. Munakata
01:27 Meet with LDP Vice President Komura Masahiko, LDP Tax System Research Commission Chairman Noda Takeshi and LDP Tax System Research Commission Subcommittee Chairman Nukaga Fukushiro
01:53 End meeting with Mr. Komura, Mr. Noda and Mr. Nukaga
01:55 Depart from office
02:05 Arrive at Federation of Economic Organizations [日本経団連：Nippon Keidanren] Meeting Hall in Otemachi, Tokyo, attend General Regular Meeting of Federation of Economic Organizations and deliver address
02:20 Depart from Federation of Economic Organizations Meeting Hall
02:41 Arrive at Haneda Airport
02:49 Interview open to all media: In response to asking about “your enthusiasm for foreign travel,” Prime Minister Abe Shinzo answers “looking from a global standpoint, I want to express Japan’s standpoint and my thinking”
02:51 Interview ends
03:19 Depart from Haneda Airport in a personal government airplane to attend a G7 Leaders Summit meeting in Belgium

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

AM
(In transit)

PM
(local time in Brussels)
In the evening:

Arrive at EU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Conference with President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of European Commission José Barroso
Conference with President of France François Hollande
Attend G7 Leaders Summit working dinner
In Brussels, interview open to all media
Stay the night at Steigenberger Grandhotel

Thursday, June 5, 2014

AM
(local time in Brussels)

Stand and speak with President of United States Barack Obama at EU Headquarters
Second day of G7 Summit discussions
Photo opportunity with G7 Summit leaders
Conference with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
More G7 Summit discussions

PM
(local time in Brussels, then Rome)

Working lunch with G7 Leaders
Press conference open to domestic and foreign media
Arrive at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on the outskirts of Rome, Italy
Stay the night at Westin Excelsior Hotel, Rome

Friday, June 6, 2014

AM
(local time in Rome)

Conference with Pope Francis and Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin at the Vatican
View St. Peter’s Basilica

PM
(local time in Rome)

View Sistine Chapel
Conference with Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi at Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
Informal talk with accompanying press group at Westin Excelsior Hotel, Rome
Conference with UN World Food Program Executive Director Ertharin Cousin
View Knights of Malta Gate
Informal talk with Rome’s Mayor Ignazio Marino at Rome City Hall
View Colosseum in Rome, Italy
Depart on personal government plane from Leonardo da Vinci International Airport

Saturday, June 7, 2014

AM
(In transit)

PM
(Japan time)

04:30 Arrive at Haneda Airport after completing attendance of G7 Leaders Summit talks
04:39 Depart from Haneda Airport
05:04 Arrive at private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo

Sunday, June 8, 2014

AM
12:00 At private residence (no visitors)
10:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)
10:42 Depart from private residence
11:00 Arrive at wedding hall Angelion Au Plaza Tokyo in Kyobashi, Tokyo, attend wedding ceremony of an acquaintance. Abe Shinzo’s wife Akie also attends.

PM
12:49 Depart from Angelion Au Plaza Tokyo
01:02 Arrive at official residence
01:09 Meet with Director of the National Security Council Yachi Shotaro and Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretaries Kanehara Nobukatsu and Takamizawa Nobushige
02:35 Mr. Yachi, Mr. Kanehara and Mr. Takamizawa leave
04:01 Depart from official residence
04:14 Arrive at private residence
06:03 Depart from private residence
06:19 Arrive at Imperial Residence in Sanban-cho, Tokyo. Condolence call for Prince Katsura’s passing
06:21 Depart from Sanban-cho Imperial Residence
06:28 Arrive at Imperial Palace, condolence call for Prince Katsura’s passing and register return to Japan
06:37 Depart from Imperial Palace
06:47 Arrive at Akasaka Estate in Motoakasaka, Tokyo. Condolence calls at Residence of Prince and Princess Mikasa, Residence of Princess Takamado, and Residence of Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
07:00 Depart from Akasaka Estate
07:13 Arrive at private residence

Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 12-19

June 12, 2013 (Wed)

AM
09:40 Leave private residence in Tomigaya
09:59 Arrive at office
11:15 Toshiro Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management

PM
01:25 Lower House Member Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japanese Chairman of UK-Japan 21th Century Group; Ken Shibusawa, President & CEO of Japan Center for International Exchange
02:12 Katsusada Hirose, Governor of Oita Prefecture
03:55 Katsuhito Ikeda, Director of Atomic Energy Regulation Office
04:19 Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture
04:38 Hirokazu Nakaima, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture and Chairman of the Council for Promotion of De-zoning and Reutilization of Military Land in Okinawa
04:55 Akira Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Ikuro Sugawara, Manufacturing Industry Director at Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
05:18 Katsunobu Kato, Chief Cabinet Deputy Secretary; Koji Tsuruoka, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Nobuhiko Sasaki, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI
06:17 Industrial Competitiveness Council
07:07 Leave office
07:16 Arrive at Chinese restaurant “Rikyu” in Akasaka, Tokyo. Informal talk with editorial writers of newspaper and news companies
09:26 Leave restaurant
09:42 Arrive at private residence

June 13, 2013 (Thurs)

AM
08:42 Leave official residence
09:08 Enter the Caretta Shiodome complex in Higashi Shinbashi, Tokyo. Inside at Caretta Photo Studio record LDP video. LDP’s Yuriko Koike, Chairperson, Public Relations Headquarters; Takuya Hirai, Public Relations Headquarters are present
10:40 Leave complex
10:51 Arrive at office
11:15 Telephone conversation with US President Obama

PM
12:29 Lunch with Haruhito Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan
01:38 Akira Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization
01:49 Leave office
02:05 Arrive at Caretta Shiodome. Inside at Caretta Photo Studio record LDP video. Yuriko Koike and Takuya Hirai are present
03:32 Leave complex
03:43 Arrive at office
03:55 Ministerial Council on Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues
04:32 Receive report from Minoru Makihara, Japanese Chairman of U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) Education Task Force. U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos is present
04:56 Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance; Yasushi Manago, Vice Finance Minister; Yasushi Kinoshita, Head of Budget Bureau; Kazuho Tanaka, Head of Tax Bureau
05:16 Shigetaro Yamamoto, Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture; Shungaku Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Chair
05:48 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
06:13 Hakubun Shimomura, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
07:01 Leave office
07:05 Arrive at Hotel Okura in Toranomon, Tokyo. In banquet room, attend the inauguration ceremony for the Newly Reorganized Medical Excellence Japan and give address
07:27 Leave hotel
07:30 Arrive at official residence. Dinner with Hakubun Shinomura, Naoki Inose, Governor of Tokyo Metropolitan area
09:04 Leave official residence
09:18 Arrive at private residence

June 14, 2013 (Fri)

AM
08:22 Leave private residence
08:36 Arrive at office
08:47 Japan Economic Revitalization Headquarters
09:05 Cabinet meeting
09:23 Interview with media outlets
10:00 Akitaka Saiki and Koji Tsuruoka, both Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs; Nobuhiko Sasaki, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI enter
10:22 Mr. Sasaki leaves
10:32 Mr. Saiki leaves
10:44 Mr. Tsuruoka leaves
10:54 Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida; Chikao Kawai, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
11:15 Shigeru Kitamura, Cabinet Information Officer

PM
12:51 Sanae Takaichi, Chairman of the Policy Research Council, LDP
01:42 Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary
01:53 Tomomi Inada, Administrative Reform Minister
02:30 Akitaka Saiki and Koji Tsuruoka, both Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs; Nobuhiko Sasaki, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, METI
03:46 Kazuho Tanaka, Director General of the Tax Bureau
04:11 Mr. Saiki and Mr. Sasaki
06:22 Leave office
06:34 Arrive at Aoyama Funeral Parlor in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. Attends the wake of Nagayoshi Sumida, former President and CEO of Sankei Shimbun
06:37 Leave funeral
07:01 Arrive at Ancienne Ai restaurant in Sangen-Jaya, Tokyo. Dinner with wife Akie
08:53 Leave restaurant
09:07 Arrive at private residence

June 15, 2013 (Sat)

AM
10:06 Leave private residence
10:25 Arrive at Grand Hyatt Hotel Tokyo in Roppongi. Exercise at Nagomi Spa and Fitness

PM
01:21 Leave hotel
01:43 Arrive at Haneda Airport
01:55 Interview with media outlets
02:20 Leave on government plane to Poland to begin visit to European countries with wife Akie. The Prime Minister Visits Poland
In Poland, attends “Food Reception”

June 16, 2013 (Sun)

Continues activities in Poland
Attends Japanese food fair
Summit with V4 nations: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic

June 17, 2013 (Mon)

Discussion with President Obama
G8 Lough Erne Summit in Northern Ireland

June 18, 2013 (Tues)

Second day of G8 Summit

June 19, 2013 (Wed)

The Prime Minister visits to Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Meet with Enda Kenny, Prime Minister of Ireland
Give economic policy speech at Guildhall, London. (A transcript of Abe’s remarks can be found here)

No comfort for Minister Kishida

What must have been on Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida's mind as he stood behind actress Angelina Jolie at the ending press conference of G8 Foreign Ministers Summit in London? Ms. Jolie was commending The G8 for adopting a Declaration on Sexual Violence, a new initiative to end rape and sexual violence on children, women, and men as a weapon of war in conflicts around the globe.

As British Foreign Secretary William Hague observed, "This is one of the greatest and most persistent injustices in the world. It is also one of the most neglected." His words echoed those of U.S. President Barak Obama, who on August 11, 2012 had issued an Executive Order directing his Administration to design a multi-year strategy that will more effectively prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally. Obama said "gender-based violence undermines not only the safety, dignity, and human rights of the millions of individuals who experience it, but also the public health, economic stability, and security of nations."

For Minister Kisida, so much of what was said at this April 11th presser also applied to the arguments for Japan, a G8 country, to acknowledge and address the suffering of the Comfort Women (and men), sex slaves to Imperial Japan's Armed Forces and overseas public and private officials. By signing the Declaration, he had just committed Japan to equating the abuse of the Comfort Women as a breach of the Geneva Conventions and a crime against humanity. I am not sure if that had ever happened officially before and if not, this is then significant.

The British Foreign Secretary noted that implicit in the Declaration the G8 was:

that there should never be any amnesty for sexual violence in peace agreements, and committed ourselves to ensuring explicit recognition of the need for accountability for sexual violence in any peace agreements that G8 nations are involved in. We need such commitments to end the treatment of rape and sexual violence as a secondary issue, and to put women and women’s rights front and centre in conflict resolution.

Hague introduced Ms. Jolie [Full Transcript] by saying that the G8 has "the ability to show leadership on vast global issues of our time. One of those issues must be the horrific use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war in conflicts around the globe."

He pointed out the anonymity of wartime rape and its association with slavery:

the overwhelming majority of survivors never see any justice for what they have endured. And there has never been any concerted international effort, supported by leading nations of the world, to eradicate sexual violence in conflict in the first place. This has to change. To my mind, this cause is the slave trade of our generation.

He continued, echoing what so many have advocated for the Comfort Women:

I often hear the mistaken view that rape is something that simply happens in war, or even worse, a cultural phenomenon. And I know that to some people this seems like a faraway problem – even though rape camps were set up on European soil in our lifetimes, and even though we live with accounts of survivors and statistics about these crimes at our very fingertips. The moment has come to shatter the myths about sexual violence....Governments finally [need to] do more to confront this problem, not just the many brave groups and individuals working on the ground.

Ms. Jolie added:

There is no choice between peace and justice: peace requires justice. So I welcome the pledge by the G8 to regard rape and sexual violence in armed conflict as grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions [see Point #4]; and to give no amnesty to those who commit these crimes. And I fully support the work that will now begin on an International Protocol on the Investigation and Documentation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and look forward to its adoption.

This is all a start, as Ms. Jolie points out. Funding for the "investigation" is needed and a binding protocol still is to be adopted. For now, Japan is not locked into anything other than a promise. It is not reported if Japan has contributed any funds to the initiative.

See: The UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict 

More on the G8 Summit

FM Kishida Meeting with FS Hague (J)

Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 16-28

May 16, 2012 (WED)

AM
10:00 Haneda Airport
10:23 See off Emperor Empress, visiting UK; Mr. Yokoji and Mr. Hirata, Chair of the Upper and Lower House
11:37 Office

PM
01:45 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM;
01:50 Mr. Nagashima leaves
02:03 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
02:30 Mr. Koshiishi leaves
02:32 Mr. Mr. Kenji Yamagishi, President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Mr. Koichi Kato, DPJ Lower House Member, attends
02:42 Mr. Muneo Suzuki, Head of New Party Daichi- True Democrats Party; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM, attends
03:08 Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance
03:35 Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
04:07 Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Taketoshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM; Mr. Bessho, Foreign Ministry councilor in charge of political affairs; Mr. Nishimiya, Foreign Ministry councilor in charge of economics; Mr. Nakao, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs; and Mr. Nobuhiko Sasaki, Director-General of Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
04:40 Everyone leaves
04:42 Mr. Taketoshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
04:45 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
05:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:02 Issue appointment of Mr. Hidetoshi Kamesaki, Mitsubishi Corp. Advisor, to APEC Business Advisory Council member; Mr. Gembachiro Aihara, Mitsui Co. Advisor, also attends
06:09 Mr. Nakagawa, Minister of State for Disaster Management
06:42 Residence

May 18, 2012 (THU)

AM
09:02 Office
09:35 Reconstruction Promotion Council
10:05 Ministerial meeting
10:15 Ministerial Council on Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues
10:43 Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM; Mr. Bessho, Foreign Ministry councilor in charge of political affairs; and Mr. Sugiyama, Director-General of Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
10:51 Issue appointment of Government Representative for TPP negotiation to Mr. Shotaro Oshima, former Foreign Affairs councilor
11:16 Mr. Akashi Uchikoshi, DPJ Lower House member
11:26 Mr. Uchikoshi leaves

PM
01:49 Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
02:13 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
02:24 Mr. Sugiyama, Director-General of Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
02:44 Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary
03:04 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
03:27 Press interview
03:54 Haneda Airport
04:23 Leave for the United States for the Camp David Summit with Mrs. Noda
Local Time in Washington, DC,

PM
Arrive at the Dulles Airport
Arrive at Camp David on a U.S. military chopper
Meeting with Mr. Van Rompuy, President of the European Council; and Mr. Barroso President of European Commission
Welcome reception
G8 Summit Working Dinner
Stay in Camp David

Local Time May 19 (Fri), AM, Washington, DC

AM
Summit meeting with President Hollande of France
G8 Summit session 1

PM
Photo shoot
Working lunch
G8 Summit session
Press interview at Dulles Airport
Move from Camp David to Washington Dulles Airport
Leave Dulles Airport on a chartered airplane 

May 20, 2012 (Sat)

PM
10:07 Arrive at Haneda Airport with Mrs. Noda
10:45 Residence

May 21, 2012 (SUN)

AM
09:33 Imperial Palace, report of return
09:47 Office
09:58 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
10:31 Mr. Okada leaves
11:25 Mr. Tezuka leaves
11:54 Mr. Saito leaves

PM
12:52 Parliament
01:00 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
05:13 Receives a Request from the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture and the Mayors of Eight Towns and Villages in Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture; Mr. Honda, Special Advisor to PM, also attends
05:43 Office
05:47 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:58 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM; Mr. Bessho, Foreign Ministry councilor in charge of political affairs; and Mr. Koshikawa, Director General of International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA
06:24 Everyone leaves
06:39 Residence

May 22, 2012 (MON)

AM
06:33 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:00 Mr. Tezuka leaves
08:03 Mr. Saito leaves
08:13 Parliament
08:26 Ministerial meeting
09:00 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems

PM
12:05 Office
12:51 Parliament
01:00 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
05:20 Office
05:49 Meeting with the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Mr. Emanuel "Manny" Mori
06:00 Meeting with the President of the Republic of Palau, Mr. Johnson Toribiong
06:10 Meeting with Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa, Mr. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
06:33 Mr. Taketoshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
06:45 Courtesy Call from the Users of Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary, also attends
07:01 Mr. John C. Lechleiter, Chairman, President of Eli Lilly
07:10 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:40 Residence

May 23, 2012 (TUE)

AM
07:03 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:00 Mr. Tezuka leaves
08:30 Mr. Tezuka joins again
08:49 Both leave
08:53 Parliament
09:01 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems

PM
12:08 Office
12:50 Parliament
01:00 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
05:04 Office
05:34 Courtesy Call from the UK Members of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group
05:51 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:24 Meeting with the Premier of Niue, Mr. Toke Tufukia Talagi
06:35 Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mr. Henry Puna
06:46 Meeting with the President of the Republic of Kiribati, Mr. Anote Tong
06:59 Residence

May 24 (WED)

AM
07:48 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:33 Both leave
08:50 Parliament
09:00 Meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems

PM
12:06 Three DPJ/Government Executive Meeting
12:54 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
01:04 Office
01:40 Mr. Fujii, DPJ Head of Tax Research Commission
02:13 Keidanren Hall, Otemachi, Tokyo, the India-Japan Business Summit
02:31 office
03:00 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
04:07 Meeting with the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mr. Christopher Loeak
04:21 Meeting with the President of the Republic of Nauru, Mr. Sprent Arumogo Dabwido
04:30 Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, Mr. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu
05:17 Meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit
05:21 Leave the meeting
05:40 Meeting with Mr. HIna Rabbani Khar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan; Mr. Seishiro Eto, Chair of Japan-Pakistan Friendship Caucus, also attended
06:55 Banquet of the International Conference on the Future of Asia at the Imperial Hotel
08:00 Residence

May 25, 2012 (THU)

AM
08:00 Parliament
08:04 Headquarters for Ocean Policy
08:27 Ministerial meeting
08:37 Mr. Oakda, Deputy Prime Minister
08:52 Office
08:54 Mr. Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry
09:14 Mr. Edano leaves
09:54 Mr. Jojima, Chair of DPJ Parliamentary Affairs Council
10:18 Mr. Jojima leaves
11:30 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office; and Mr. Mukuki, Director of the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center
11:39 Mr. Mukuki leaves
11:59 Mr. Kitamura leaves

PM
01:00 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
01:16 Press interview
01:48 Haneda Airport
02:08 Leave for Okinawa to attend the Pacific Islands Leaders meeting
04:22 Arrive at Naha Airport
05:41 Hotel The Busena Terrace, Nago City, Okinawa
07:00 Meeting with Mr. Willy Telavi, Prime Minister of Tuvalu
07:26 Bankoku Shinryokan Okinawa
07:35 Welcome the leaders of summit participant countries
07:52 Dinner with the summit participants
09:18 See off the participants
09:37 Stay in the hotel

May 26, 2012 (FRI)

AM
08:50 Hotel The Busena Terrace, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, Lord Tu'ivakano
09:09 Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Mr. Gordon Darcy Lilo
09:38 Bankoku Shinryokan Okinawa
09:39 Welcome the leaders of summit participant countries
09:52 Photo shoot
09:56 Summit meeting
11:35 Working lunch

PM
12:57 Summit meeting resumes
01:52 See off country leaders
02:14 Join press conference with the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mr. Henry Puna
02:32 See off Mr. Puna
02:49 Hotel The Busena Terrace
04:38 Naha Airport
05:02 Leave Naha Airport
07:03 Arrive at Haneda Airport
08:13 Leave Haneda Airport for New Chitose Airport on ANN Flight 79
09:20 Arrive at New Chitose Airport
10:37 Dinner with Mr. Tarutoko, DPJ Acting Secretary General; Mr. Mitsui, DPJ Policy Research Council Vice Chair; and Mr. Takagi, Chair of DPJ Election Committee, at a Sushi restaurant Tatsutoshi in Sapporo
11:55 Sapporo Prince Hotel

May 27, 2012 (SAT)

AM
Leave Sapporo Prince Hotel
09:32 Hokkaido Sogo Taiiku Center, make remarks at the Zentoku (National Postmaster’s Association) general assembly [first sitting PM to do so]

10:54 New Chitose Airport
11:44 Leave the airport on ANA Flight 58

PM
12:59 Arrive at Haneda Airport
01:34 Residence
03:03 Haircut at CarjuRaja TIADO in the Capitol Hotel Tokyu, Nagatocho, Tokyo
04:36 Residence

May 28, 2012 (SUN)

AM
09:32 Office
09:57 Mr. Hosono, Minister of the Environment
10:23 Mr. Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, joins
10:44 Both leave
11:03 Mr. Honda, Special Advisor to PM
11:18 Mr. Honda leaves

PM
12:26 Ceremony of Reverence at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
12:55 Office
01:49 Ceremony to Present the Prime Minister’s Commendations for Contributors to Consumer Support
02:00 Ceremony ends
04:53 Press group interview
05:33 Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Head of the UN World Food Programme; Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Dokyu Seiichiro, DPJ Lower House member join
05:50 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:17 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary