Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule March 5-11

March 5, 2012 (MON)

AM
09:33 Office of PM
09:34 Observe pictures of the Great East Japan Earthquake at the entrance hall of the PM Office

PM
12:10 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Terada, Special Advisor to PM; Mr. Shuhapa, Parliamentary Secretary of Internal Affairs and Communications
12:14 Mr. Shuhama leaves
12:26 Everyone leaves
01:47 The Lower House First Diet Member’s Building
01:48 Office of Prime Minister Noda, with Mrs. Hitomi Noda
02:12 Office of PM
03:29 Mr. Eiji Hayashida, Chairman of Japan Iron and Steel Federation; Mr. Kazuaki Kama, Chairman of the Shipbuilder’s Association of Japan; Mr. Nobumasa Iemori, Chairman of Japan Mining Industry Association; Mr. Rikio Kouzu, Chairman of Japan Federation of Basic Industry Workers’ Unions; Mr. Yoshiaki Takagi, DPJ Lower House member; and Mr. Minoru Yanagida, DPJ Upper House member
03:43 Everyone leaves
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:15 Conference call with Mr. Putin, Prime Minister of Russia
06:00 Courtesy Call from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco Saad Dine El Otmani
06:18 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
06:53 Dinner with Mr. Hiroshi Komiyama, former Chancellor of the Tokyo University at Hotel New Otani, Guarden Court, Japanese Restaurant “Senbazuru”
09:31 Residence of PM

March 6, 2012 (TUE)

AM
06:31 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:41 Both leave
07:47 Parliament
07:55 Headquarters for Administrative Reform Implementation
08:17 Ministerial meeting
08:51 Lower House Budget Committee

PM
12:05 Office of PM
12:49 Parliament
12:59 Lower House Budget Committee
03:04 Office of PM
04:01 Mr. Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture and Others; Mr. Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
04:30 Three DPJ/Government Executive Meeting
05:05 The meeting adjourned
05:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:57 Mr. Nakagawa, Minister of State for Disaster Management; Mr. Goto, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; Mr. Matsumoto, Administrative Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
06:30 Issue appointment order of Mr. Ryoji Nakabachi, Vice chair of Sony to a member of Council for Science and Technology Policy; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
06:50 Residence of PM

March 7, 2012 (WED)

AM
09:31 office of PM
10:28 Mr. Taketoshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
10:39 Mr. Nakagawa, Minister of State for Disaster Management; and Mr. Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
11:01 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
11:32 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Okada, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
11:55 Mr. Okada leaves

PM
12:01 Mr Saito leaves
03:17 Press group interview
04:00 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
04:48 The Prime Minister Receives a Courtesy Call from the Japanese American Leadership Delegation; Mr. Saito, Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries
05:32 Japan-Thailand Summit Meeting and Joint Press Announcement; Mr. Gemba, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Maeda, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation
06:14 Joint press conference
06:29 Dinner party hosted by Prime Minister Noda
07:46 Introduce pictures of the Great East Japan Earthquake to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand, and saw her off at the entrance of PM office
07:51 Residence of PM

March 8, 2012 (THU)

AM
07:16 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:55 Both leave
08:23 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:50 Parliament
08:59 The Lower House Budget Committee

PM
01:00 The Lower House Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
02:15 The Lower House Committee on Financial Affairs
03:24 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
04:03 The Lower House Plenary Session
06:15 Visits ruling and opposing party factions; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance
06:34 Office of PM
06:43 Receives a Request from Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Mr. Idogawa, Mayor of Futaba T
07:02 Mr. Sugiyama, Director-General of Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
07:19 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:46 The residence of PM

March 9, 2012 (FRI)

AM
06:31 Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:40 Both leave
07:48 Parliament
07:54 Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society
08:13 Ministerial meeting
09:00 The Upper House Audit Committee

PM
12:00 Office of PM
12:48 Parliament
01:00 The Upper House Audit Committee
05:03 Office of PM
05:32 Courtesy Call from Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn
06:02 The Government Revitalization Unit
06:10 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:23 Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance; Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy; and Mr. Ogushi, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office
06:37 Mr. Shintaro Ishihara, Governor of Tokyo; Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
07:05 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
07:56 Residence of PM

March 10, 2012 (SAT)
Spend whole day at the residence

March 11, 2012 (SUN)

AM
10:58 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance

PM
12:02 Everyone leaves
02:17 National Theater of Japan
02:41 Memorial Service for One Year Anniversary of 3.11 Disaster
03:49 Office of PM
04:15 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:02 Press conference
05:40 Residence of PM