Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule July 30-August 12

July 30, 2012 (MON)

AM
09:32 Office
09:53 Mr. Hiroshi Ozu and Mr. Haruo Kasama, New and Old Prosecutor-General; Mr. Nishikawa, Administrative Vice Minister of Justice , also attends
09:58 All leave
11:24 Parliament
11:30 Parliament of Children
11:54 Office

PM
12:16 The Council on National Strategy and Policy
12:41 Council adjourned
02:00 Mr. Matsubara, Minister for the Abduction Issue
02:40 Courtesy call from the students of Matsushita School of Government and Management; Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Honda, Special Advisor for PM, attends
02:49 All leave
04:00 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor for PM
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
05:13 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
05:58 Courtesy Call from Groups of Junior Reporters from Okinawa and Hakodate
06:23 Council for Science and Technology Policy
06:51 Residence
06:54 Mr. Kyoichi Shimazu, Mr. Hitoshi Goto, Mr. Isao Matsumiya, and Mr. Tetsuo Morimoto, DPJ Lower House members; Mr. Tezuka attends
08:58 All leave

July 31, 2012 (TUE)

AM
07:41 Office
07:46 Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters
08:14 Ministerial meeting
08:34 Committee on the Space Policy
08:55 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
09:28 Mr. Tezuka
10:50 Mr. Tezuka leaves

PM
12:51 Parliament
01:00 Meeting of the House of Councillors Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
05:13 Office
05:24 Mr. Asonuma, Administrative Vice Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare; and Mr. Honda
05:50 Council on Disaster Countermeasures Promotion
06:00 Mr. Tezuka
06:16 Mr. Taketoshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
06:44 Residence

August 1, 2012 (WED)

AM
09:32 Office
09:38 Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
10:02 Mr. Nakagawa, Minister of State for Disaster Management
11:00 Video Message Recording for "Global Forum on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education"
11:23 Mr. Sasae, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Policy
11:54 Mr. Sasae leaves

PM
01:30 Reconstruction Promotion Committee
01:36 Committee ends
03:01 Headquarters for Administrative Reform Implementation
03:16 Committee for the Promotion of the Private Finance Initiative
03:31 Mr. Kansei Nakano, DPJ Lower House member, Leader of DPJ Caucus for Human Rights Promotion; Mr. Tezuka attends
04:30 Mr. Tezuka
05:18 Government-RENGO Summit Meeting
05:58 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary-General; and Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
06:33 Council for Gender Equality
06:45 The Iftar with the Islamic Diplomatic Corps in Japan
07:22 Dinner with Mr. Yasuo Ichikawa, Mr. Yoshihiro Kawakami, and Mr. Kiyoshige Okubo, DPJ Upper House members, at Japanese Restaurant Amimoto Manpei in Hirakawa-cho, Tokyo
08:15 Residence

August 2, 2012 (THU)

AM
09:31 Office
10:30 Mr. Din Syamsuddin, Indonesia’s Islamic leader; Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Yutaka Tomono, Leader of DPJ caucus for Friendship with Indeonesia
10:54 Mr. Naoshima, DPJ Vice President; and Mr. Ikuo Yamahana, DPJ Lower House member
11:26 Mr. Kazuhiko Shimokawabe, Board Chair of Tokyo Electronic Power Company (TEPCO); and Mr. Naomi Hirose, President of TEPCO

PM
12:00 Residence; Lunch with Mr. Kazue Fujita, DPJ Lower House member; Mr. Honda, Special Advisor, accompanies
12:51 Parliament
12:56 Mr. Taki, Minister of Justice
12:59 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
01:19 Office
02:59 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
03:24 Mr. Saito leaves
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
05:00 Mr. Tezuka leaves
06:01 Mr. Tsuyoshi Gibu, Mayor of Kincho; Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Hajime Ishii, DPJ Upper House member; and Mr. Shimoji, Secretary-General of New People’s Party (Kokumin Shinto)
06:21 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office; and Mr. Mukuki, Director of the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center
06:27 Mr. Mukuki leaves
06:51 Mr. Kitamura leaves
07:13 Residence

August 3, 2012 (FRI)

AM
08:18 Parliament
08:25 Ministerial meeting
08:41 Mr. Oakada, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Nakatsuka, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; and Mr. Hideki Kato, Secretary General of the Administrative Reform Committee
08:56 Office
10:37 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor for PM
10:59 Mr. Maehara, DPJ Policy Research Council Chief
11:15 Mr. Maehara leaves

PM
12:01 Mr. Shuji Kira, DPJ Lower House member; and Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor for PM
12:51 Both leave
01:20 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary-General
01:52 Mr. Katagiri, Commissioner-General of National Police Agency
02:37 Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
03:05 Mr. Kagaya, Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry of Internal Affairs; and Mr. Tanaka, Director-General of Human Resources and Pension Bureau
03:18 Both leave
04:46 Press group interview
05:16 Interview ends
06:01 Residence

August 4, 2012 (SAT)

AM
Residence

PM
Residence

August 5, 2012 (SUN) *Visit Oakayama and Hiroshima Prefectures

AM
10:00 JR Tokyo Station
10:11 Leave Tokyo Station on Nozomi Express #23; Mr. Tezuka accompanies

PM
01:30 JR Okayama station
02:10 Visit Nakashima Medical, an artificial joint manufacturer
03:50 Sharp Fukuyama Plant, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima
04:39 Press interview
06:31 Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima, Minami Ward, Hiroshima City
07:29 Dinner with Mr. Daisuke Matsumoto and Mitsuo Mitani, DPJ Lower House members; Mr. Tezuka accompanies
09:52 Stay in the Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima

August 6, 2012 (MON)

AM
07:39 Leave the hotel
07:48 Peace Memorial Park
08:00 The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, and Other Activities
08:57 Visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; and Ms. Komiyama, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, accompanies
09:24 Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima
09:46 Meeting to listen to requests by representatives of atomic bomb victims; Ms. Komiyama accompanies
10:38 Press conference
11:15 Visit a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors, Kurakake Nozomi-en 1 

PM
12:27 Hiroshima Airport
02:09 Leave the airport on Japan Airline (JAL) Flight 1606
03:12 Arrive at Haneda Airport
04:09 Office
04:45 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
05:00 Mr. Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Mr. Hosono, Minister of Environment; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
05:16 Mr. Hosono and Mr. Fujimura leave
05:19 Mr. Edano and Mr. Furukawa leave
05:30 Courtesy Call from Young Descendants of Former Inhabitants of the Northern Territories of Japan
05:37 Meeting ends
06:34 Residence

August 7, 2012 (TUE)

AM
08:04 Parliament
08:06 Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Disaster Waste Management
08:26 Ministerial meeting
08:38 Office
10:57 Mr. Tarutoko, DPJ Acting Secretary General
11:02 Mr. Jimi, President of New People’s Party (Kokumin Shinto), Ruling Party Leaders Meeting; Mr. Tarutoko and Mr. Shimoji, Secretary General of New People’s Party
11:18 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
11:20 Both leave

PM
01:50 Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador for the U.S.
02:15 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
02:41 Mr. Saito
03:13 Mr. Saito leaves
05:00 Mr. Tezuka
05:32 Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases
05:45 Mr. Jojima, DPJ Parliamentary Affairs Chief; and Mr. Tarutoko
06:19 Both leave
06:57 Residence

August 8, 2012 (WED)

AM
08:47 Office

PM
12:04 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
01:00 Receives the National Personnel Authority (NPA) Recommendation; Mr. Kawabata, Minister of Internal Affairs; and Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary
05:27 Parliament
05:30 General Assembly of DPJ members in both houses
06:37 Office
06:39 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
06:45 Mr. Honda, Special Advisor for PM
07:25 Parliament
07:30 Meeting with Mr. Tanigaki, LDP President; Mr. Ishihara, LDP Secretary General; and Mr. Tarutoko, and DPJ Acting Secretary General
08:17 Mr. Yamaguchi, President of New Komei Party, joins; and Mr. Inouye, New Komei Party Secretary General
08:29 Press interview
08:44 Residence
09:02 Press interview
09:04 Residence

August 9, 2012 (THU) * Visit to Nagasaki Prefecture

AM
07:15 Haneda Airport
07:25 Leave the airport on Japan Airline Flight 1841; Mr. Honda, Special Advisor for PM
09:09 Arrive at Nagasaki Airport
09:56 Visit Shiroyama Elementary School in Nagasaki City, which is nearest to the epicenter of the atomic bomb and suffered severe damage; Ms. Komiyama, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, accompanies
10:17 The Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony; Flower tribute; and make remarks

PM
12:01 Hotel New Nagasaki; lunch with Mr. Honda
12:26 Meeting to Listen to Requests by Representatives of Atomic Bomb Victims; Ms. Komiyama attends
01:05 Press interview
01:42 Visit a nursing home for atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki, the Hill of Grace Nagasaki A-Bomb Home 1
02:49 Nagasaki Airport
03:09 Leave the airport on Japan Airline Flight 1850
04:31 Arrive at Haneda Airport
05:28 Office
05:53 Parliament
06:00 Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tarutoko, DPJ Acting Secretary General
06:02 Lower House Plenary Session
07:45 Residence

August 10, 2012 (FRI)

AM
07:00 Mr. Nagahama, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor for PM
07:48 Mr. Nagahama leaves
08:16 Mr. Tezuka leaves
08:19 Parliament
08:29 Ministerial meeting
08:35 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
09:00 Upper House Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems

PM
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
01:20 Office
01:58 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
02:40 Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
02:49 Mr. Fujii, DPJ Head of Tax Research Commission
02:57 Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance; and Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary
03:13 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
04:10 Mr. Saito
04:58 Mr. Saito leaves
05:44 Parliament
05:48 Mr. Hirata, Upper House Chair; Mr. Otsuji, Vice Chair; Mr. Tsuruho, Steering Committee Chair; Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minsiter
06:06 Office
06:40 Press Conference
07:05 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor for PM
07:19 Residence

August 11, 2012 (SAT)

AM
Residence

PM
Residence

August 12, 2012 (SUN)

AM
Residence 

PM
Residence