Asia Policy Events, Monday February 24, 2025

RATING INDIA 2025: KEY OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS. 2/24, 8:00-9:00am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Richard M. Rossow, Senior Adviser, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics; Erin L. Murphy, Deputy Director, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics, Senior Fellow, Emerging Asia Economics; Joydeep Mukherji, Managing Director, S&P Global Ratings; Christian de Guzman, Senior Vice President, Moody's Sovereign Ratings.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2/24, 8:00–9:15am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN). Speaker: author Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Director of the ALiGN Media Lab, Carleton University. . PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/433gdvA

THE UNITY GOVERNMENT AFTER TWO YEARS: ACHIEVEMENTS, VULNERABILITIES, AND PROSPECTS. 2/24, 9:00–11:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS, Yusof Ishak Institute. Speaker: Khairy Jamaluddin, Associate Senior Fellow, ISEAS,Yusof Ishak Institute, fmr. Minister at Malaysia’s ministries of Youth and Sports, Science and Technology, and Health, fmr. Coordinating Minister for the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. 

TRUMP’S RETURN AND THE FATE OF UKRAINE. 2/24, 10:00am-11:45am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe; Anastasiia Lapatina, Ukraine Fellow, Lawfare; Tyler McBrien, Managing Editor, Lawfare; Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations. 

MANAGING US-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS UNDER THE SHADOW OF IMPEACHMENT. 2/24, 10:00-11:00am (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute (KEI). Speakers: Ahn Ho-young, fmr. Ambassador to the US, ROK; Vincent Brooks, fmr. Commander of UN Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea; Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas Austin. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

BEYOND 2025: WHAT'S NEXT FOR CHINA TECH? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (HKT), 2/23 9:30-10:30pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: South China Morning Post. Speakers: Stephen Chen, News Editor, Science; Ralph Jennings, Senior Correspondent, Political Economy; Jasmine Wang, Editr, Political Economy. 

THREE YEARS OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AHEAD IN 2025? 2/24, 10:30-11:30am (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: Foreign Policy Research Institute. Speakers: Maria Avdeeva, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Colonel (ret.) Robert E. Hamilton, Ph.D., Head of Research, Eurasia Program, FPRI; Stefan Meister, Head, Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, German Council of Foreign Relations; Pavel Luzin Ph.D, Author; Maia Otarashvili, Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI. 

DIGNITY AND DYNAMISM: THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATIVE TECHNOLOGY POLICY. 2/24, 11:10am–2:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: M. Anthony Mills, Director, Center for Technology, Science, and Energy, AEI; Brad Littlejohn, Director of Programs and Education, American Compass; Clare Morell, Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center; Leah Libresco Sargeant, Senior Analyst, Niskanen Center; Robert Bellafiore, Managing Director for Policy, Foundation for American Innovation; Katherine Boyle, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Ari Schulman, Editor, The New Atlantis; Christine Rosen, Senior Fellow, AEI; Ryan Streeter, Executive Director, Civitas Institute; Michael Toscano, Executive Director, Institute for Family Studies; Santi Ruiz, Senior Editor, Institute for Progress. 

NONPROLIFERATION IN GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 2/24, 11:30am-12:15pm, HYBRID. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Yashar Parsie, Contributor, Keystone Defense Initiative; Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative. 

RESURRECTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO REVIVE JAPAN. 2/24, 12:45-1:45pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University. Speaker: Richard Katz, Editor, Japan Economy Watch, Special Correspondent, Toyo Keizai Inc. 

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE. 2/24, 2:00-3:00pm (EST), VIRTUAL. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department, Harold Brown Chair, CSIS; Emily Harding, Vice President, Defense and Security Department, Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program, CSIS; Eliot A. Cohen, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS; Honorable Dr. Michael G. Vickers, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. 
 

U.S.-ROK ECONOMIC RELATIONS. 2/24, 3:00–4:30pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsors: GW Institute for Korean Studies; East Asia National Resource Center; Institute for International Science and Technology Policy. Speakers: Celeste Arrington, Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Nick S. Vonortas, Associate Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, Director, GW Institute for International Science and Technology Policy; Yonho Kim, Associate Director, GW Institute for Korean Studies; Gwanhoo Lee, Professor, Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Analytics, American University; Melissa K. Griffith, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Henry Haggard, Senior Advisor, WestExec Advisors. 

NASA’S MOON TO MARS ROADMAP: CHARTING THE NEXT YEAR. 2/24, 4:00-5:00pm (EST), HYBRID. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Clayton Swope, Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, CSIS; Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Associate Administrator of the Moon to Mars Program, NASA; John Neal, Executive Director for Space Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Thomas Culligan, President, Ascent Public Policy & Strategic Communications. 

BOOK TALK: THE HEAT AND THE FURY: ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE VIOLENCE. 2/24, 5:00-6:30pm (EST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Speaker: author Peter Schwartzstein, Environmental Journalist, Global Fellow, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center, TED Fellow, Fellow, Center for Climate and Security. PURCHASE BOOK: https://amzn.to/434gXk7 

US-CHINA COMPETITION: AI, CHIPS AND EXPORT CONTROLS – WHERE TO NEXT? 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm (AEST), IN PERSON ONLY. Sponsor: United States Studies Center. Speakers: Kevin J. Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, fmr. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security; Dr. Alan Dupont AO, Founder, CEO, Cognoscenti Group. 

Eighty Years Ago, on December 7th Japan Assaulted More than Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941, Japan expanded its war on the Asian mainland south and eastward into the Pacific.

by Mindy L. Kotler

National Interest, Dec 7, 2021

Eighty years ago today, December 7, 1941, critical airfields and ports across Southeast Asia and the Pacific were ablaze and in ruin. In just seven hours, Imperial Japan’s surprise attacks cripled British and American forces in the Far East, exposed the Dutch East Indies to invasion, and pushed Thailand into submission. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was but one of many that day. Casualties of the “Associated Powers,” likely exceeded those in Hawaii. One result of these unprovoked attacks was the creation of alliances that endure to this day.

Japan coordinated attacks on the U.S. territories of Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, Howland Island, and Midway and the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Japanese forces invaded and bombed Thailand’s airfields. In Shanghai, Japan took control of the International Settlement after blowing up the last two British and American gunboats on the Yangtze, the HMS Peterel and the USS Wake.  

The first attack, 70 minutes before Pearl Harbor, was on British-Indian forces at Kota Bharu, on the eastern side of Malaya. Hours before, a British flying boat was shot down by Japanese aircraft while monitoring the progress of the Japanese fleet. The British Royal Air Force crew and their Royal Australian Air Force observer became the first Allied casualties of the war. The ensuing defense of northeastern Malaya was fierce and savage with high casualties on both sides. 

Soon after, Bangkok was bombed and Japanese troops landed to its south and at various points along the Kra Peninsula on the southeastern coast of Thailand. Again, the invaders met with stiff resistance. Despite determined Thai forces, the fighting lasted only five hours. Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram agreed to a ceasefire and formed an alliance with Japan. The Kota Bharu landings were a prelude to the drive down the eastern side of the Malay peninsula, while the Japanese troops landed in Thailand advanced with Thai soldiers down the western side to seize Singapore and its naval base--the cornerstone of British power in the Indo-Pacific. Japanese planes bombed Singapore that day in warning.

Japan’s early morning attack on Pearl Harbor on Hawaii’s Oahu, was followed by the bombardments of the American airfields on Midway and Howland Island in the equatorial Pacific. Two of the four Hawaii settlers on Howland were killed. For his selfless defense of Midway, First Lieutenant George H. Cannon became the first U.S. Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor.

Guam was shelled, bombed, and invaded. The American territory fell two days later. Of the nearly 500 American military personnel taken to Japan from Guam as prisoners of war, five were female nurses. Japanese troops occupied Batan Island above Northern Luzon in the Philippines before mounting a full-scale invasion. This approach on Aparri on the coast of Cagayan Valley, believed by American war planners as impractical, caught the defenders off-guard and unprepared. The success of the surprise assault was played out just this past fall when U.S., Filipino, and Japanese forces held their first joint amphibious exercises near this Northern Luzon town.

Six hours after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese bombed Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport and pushed the defending British and Commonwealth troops to the defensive Gin Drinkers Line. The territory, however, was long regarded as indefensible. Nevertheless British, Indian, Canadian  units along with the Auxiliary Defence Units and Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC) held out for two weeks against a Japanese force twice its size.

The Japanese attacked Wake Island about the same time as they bombed Hong Kong. The Americans on Wake Island were composed of 400 Marines, a handful of soldiers and sailors, 45 Chamorro Pan Am employees,  and 1,146 unarmed civilian contractors building an airfield. They proceeded to do what had never been done before or after, hold off an Armada for nearly two weeks. They did not surrender until December 23rd.

The last Japanese actions on December 7th were the bombing of the Iba and Clark airfields in southern Luzon, the Philippines. As in Hawaii, the Japanese caught the American planes on the ground and the defense weak. The guns of neither the ageing artillery batteries nor tank battalions defending the fields could reach the high flying Japanese planes. Whereas the attack on Pearl Harbor damaged the Pacific Fleet, the attack on the Philippines and other U.S. territories destroyed the Far East Air Force. 

The first battle casualty of the Armored Force in World War II, Pvt. Robert Brooks of Kentucky’s Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion, took place on Clark Field. Back at Fort Knox, the home of the newly formed Armored Force, the Commanding General Jacob Devers responded to the news by ordering that the main parade ground at the base be named after the young tanker. This distinction was particularly significant as Brooks turned out to be African American.

On December 7, 1941, Japan expanded its war on the Asian mainland south and eastward into the Pacific. The primary objective was to knock out American and British opposition to its advance into Southeast Asia. The ultimate goal was occupation of the Indo-Pacific, control over  its valuable natural resources, and supremacy over the region's seas. As the sun set, Japan's success seemed possible.

Instead, the day’s debacles forged alliances with a resolve to fight fascist expansionism East and West. The “Associated Powers” (Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States) became the Allies and expanded to include India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and free forces from Japan’s occupied territories. The shared bitter experience of Imperial Japan’s wanton brutality and deceits provided the emotional bond to this warfighting coalition. Ironically, these very alliances are what Japan today looks to in defending its homeland. 

Monday Asia Events, August 2, 2021

WHITHER BARISAN NASIONAL IN TODAY’S MALAYSIA? 10:00-11:30am (PHDT), ZOOM WEBINAR. Sponsor: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) – Yusof Ishak Institute; Speakers: Datuk P. Kamalanathan, Chairman, Labuan Port Authority, Member, Central Working Committee, Malaysian Indian Congress; Mr. Gan Ping Sieu, Founder and Senior Partner, Gan and Zul Advocates & Solicitors. 

IMPLEMENTING A NEW MARITIME STRATEGY. Noon-1:00pm (EDT), LIVESTREAM. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), Vice Chair, House Armed Services Committee; Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute. 

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ON THE ANTIVIRAL PROGRAM FOR PANDEMICS. 3:00-4:00pm (EDT), LIVESTREAM. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS. 

Monday in Washington, April 1, 2019

THE KALB REPORT: A CONVERSATION WITH COKIE ROBERTS ON DEMOCRACY, POLITICS, AND THE PRESS. 4/1, 8:00-9:30pm. Sponsor: National Press Club. Speaker: Cokie Roberts, Journalist and Author, National Public Radio.

ROUNDTABLE WITH H.E. DARELL LEIKING, MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF MALAYSIA. 4/1, Noon-1:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce; US-ASEAN Business Council. Speaker: Minister Datuk Darell Leiking, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia. BY INVITATION ONLY.

A CONVERSATION WITH CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL. 4/1, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speaker: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center.

Monday in Washington, February 11, 2019

INDIA'S INTER-STATE WATER WARS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CURES. 2/11, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Scott Moore, Senior Fellow, Penn Water Center; Kartikeya Singh, Deputy Director & Senior Fellow, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies.

JAPAN’S ROLE IN ASIA’S CONNECTIVITY: INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND DIGITAL GOVERNANCE. 2/11, 2:00-4:00pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Kohei Toyoda, Director for International Coordination, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan; Nancy Lee, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development; Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director, European Centre for International Political Economy, and Senior Fellow, London School of Economics; Joshua P. Meltzer, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings; Shin Oya, Senior Consulting Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative, and Chief Representative for Strategic Research, Japan Bank for International Cooperation; Moderator: Mireya Solís, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings.

IS BIGGER BETTER? CONCENTRATION, COMPETITION, AND DEFENSE CONTRACTING OUTCOMES. 2/11, 3:00-4:30pm. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS. Speakers: Frank Kendall, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Open Markets Institute; Marjorie Censer, Editor, Inside Defense; Pierre Chao, Founding Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors; Andrew Philip Hunter, Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS.

CONFRONTING AUTHORITARIANISM. 2/11, 6:00-8:30pm. Sponsors: Embassy of Canada; National Endowment for Democracy. Speaker: Anwar Ibrahim, President, People's Justice Party of Malaysia.

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 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

This week in Washington

LAUNCH OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK'S FLAGSHIP PUBLICATION, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK 2011. 4/13. 3:00-5:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Asian Development Bank, Asia Society Washington Center, and the Wilson Center's Asia Program. Speaker: Changyong Rhee, Asian Development Bank’s newly-appointed Chief Economist. By invitation only but webcast.

CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY: CHALLENGES AND PLAYERS. 4/13, 8:40am-3:05pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Speakers: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA); Mr. Daniel Kritenbrink, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. David Helvey, Principal Director for East Asia Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund; Dr. J. Peter Pham, Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council; Dr. Alan M. Wachman, Associate Professor of International Politics, Tufts University; Dr. John W. Garver, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dr. Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University; Dr. Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Military-Political Analysis, Hudson Institute; Dr. Yu-wen Julie Chen, Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia; Dr. Erica S. Downs, Fellow, Brookings Institution; Ms. Susan V. Lawrence, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS. 4/13, 11:30am-12:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: United Nations Association of the National Capital Area’s Sustainable Development Committee. Speakers: Anita van Breda: Director, Humanitarian Partnerships at World Wildlife Fund; Marion Pratt: Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Social Science Advisor; Stephanie Fritz Savolaine: U.S. Forest Service, Assistant Director for International Programs Disaster Assistance Support Program (DASP); Joseph Ashmore: Independent consultant, co-compiler, illustrator, and author of the UNOCHA, IFRC and CARE International supported booklet "Timber as a construction material in humanitarian emergencies"; Mary Beth Brennan: Acting East Asia and Pacific Regional Coordinator, Office of Disaster Assistance, USAID. 

THE U.S.-INDIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS. 4/13, 3:00-4:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: CSIS; Wadhwani Chair in US–India Policy Studies; CII. Speakers: Ambassador Ronen Sen, Former Ambassador of India to the United States; Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee. Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry; Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company, Ltd., India; Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, Senior Advisor and Wadhwani Chair, CSIS.

GREEN FINANCE IN KOREA AND THE GLOBAL CONTEXT. 4/13, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Korean Economic Institute. Speakers: Dr. Hyoung-Tae Kim,President, Korea Capital Market Institute; Dr. Young-Tae Kim, Transportation Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Dr. Debra Lynn Perry, Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation; Mr. William F. (Bill) Tyndall, Senior Vice President, Federal Government and Regulatory Affairs, Duke Energy.

DEMOCRACY IN ASIA. 4/14, 10:00-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Program, CSIS. Speakers: Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of the People’s Justice Party and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Advisor & Director, Southeast Asia Program.

IDENTITY AND RISING ASIAN POWERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION. 4/14, Noon-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Sigur Center for Asian Studies; MacArthur Foundation. Speakers: Allen Carlson, Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University; Mike Mochizuki, Associate Dean for Academic Programs & Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, The George Washington University; Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies; Shawn McHale, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies.

CONFUCIANISM IN CHINA TODAY. 4/14, Noon-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown U. Speaker: Yi Liu, postdoctoral fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

This Week in Washington

THE LONG VIEW FROM DELHI: TO DEFINE THE INDIAN GRAND STRATEGY FOR FOREIGN POLICY. 6/23, 12:30-2:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Admiral Raja Menon, Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, National Maritime Foundation; Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, South Asia, Heritage Foundation.

U.S.-INDIA TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION. 6/23, 4:00-5:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Speakers: Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State for Science and Technology, India; Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 6/24, 2:00-3:15pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC). Speakers: Anwar Ibrahim, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

RELIGION AND VIOLENCE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD. 6/24, 5:30-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: German Historical Institute. Speaker: Wolfgang Huber, Former Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lausitzk, Former Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany.