Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule June 25-July 8

June 25, 2012 (MON)

AM
07:01 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:45 Both leave
08:50 Parliament
09:00 Lower House Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems

PM
12:39 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General; Mr. Tarutoko, DPJ Acting Secretary General; Mr. Jojima, DPJ Deputy Secretary General
01:00 Lower House Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
05:31 Ad hoc meeting of Diet members
06:46 Office
07:00 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
07:27 Mr. Gemba, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Morimoto, Minister of Defense; Mr. Fujimura, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM; Mr. Ihara, Director-General of North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
08:07 Mr. Gemba and Mr. Fujimura leave
08:19 All leave
08:27 Residence

June 26, 2012 (TUE)

AM
07:16 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
08:06 Both leave
08:12 Parliament
08:20 Ministerial meeting
09:00 Lower House Special Committee on the Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxation Systems
11:54 Office

PM
12:55 Parliament
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
03:29 Meeting of DPJ/Government Three Executives
03:43 Mr. Yokoji, Chairperson of the Lower House; and Mr. Eto, Vice-Chair of the Lower House; visit ruling and opposing party factions; Mr. Okada Deputy Prime Minister and Mr. Jojima accompany
04:02 Office
05:01 Mr. Michihiko Kano, DPJ Lower House member
05:12 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
06:00 Press conference
06:23 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:54 Residence

June 27, 2012 (WED)

AM
09:31 Office
11:19 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
11:48 Mr. Okada leaves

PM
01:23 Parliament
01:30 General assembly of DPJ Upper House members
02:08 Office
02:16 Mr. Shuhei Kishimoto and other DPJ Lower House members
02:39 Mr. Gemba, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Morimoto, Minister of Defense; Mr. Kanazawa, Administrative Vice Minister of Defense; and Mr. Ihara, Director-General of North America Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
02:51 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
03:00 Mr. Fujimura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, joins
03:27 All leave
03:53 Mr. Sasae, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:32 Mr. Ivan Gasparovic, President of Slovak Republic
06:03 Dinner hosted by Prime Minister
07:06 See off President Gasparovic
07:09 Residence

June 28, 2012 (THU)

AM
09:32 Office
09:54 Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
10:36 Mr. Furukawa leaves
11:30 Ruling party leader meeting with Mr. Jimi, President of the People’s New Party (Kokumin Shinto); Mr. Shimoji People’s New Party Secretary General accompanies
11:49 Both leave

PM
01:38 Mr. Yoshiaki Tanaka, DPJ Vice-President
01:57 Mr. Maehara, DPJ Policy Research Council Chief
02:19 Mr. Maehara leaves
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:00 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office; Mr. Nishi, Director-General of the Bureau of Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense; and Mr. Kinomura, Director of Defense Intelligence Headquarters
05:10 Mr. Nishi and Mr. Kinomura leave
05:20 Mr. Kitamura leaves
05:47 Mr. Niki Gilauri, Prime Minister of Georgia
06:14 See off Prime Minister Gilauri
06:20 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
07:11 Dinner with members of the Lower House special committee on Taxation, including Mr. Hironari Nakano, Mr. Yoshio Hattori, and Mr. Koichi Takemasa, at a Steak House Gazan in Azabudai, Tokyo
09:27 Residence

June 29, 2012 (FRI)

AM
09:32 Office
09:41 Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Disaster Waste Management
10:00 Ministerial meeting
10:20 Courtesy Call from the Mayor of Kitakyushu City, Mr. Kenji Kitahashi
10:28 Mr. Kitahashi leaves
11:30 Mr. Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Mr. Hosono, Minister of Environment; and Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
11:54 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

PM
12:00 Mr. Saito leaves
02:55 Mr. Sadako Ogata, Special Advisor of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
03:31 Video message recording for “The World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku”
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:02 Energy and Environment Council
05:30 Meeting adjourns
06:42 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
06:58 Residence

June 30, 2012 (SAT)

AM
Residence

PM
12:26 Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Made a speech at Yomiuri International Economy Society Symposium
01:35 Residence

July 1, 2012 (SUN)

AM
Residence

PM
04:20 Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
05:10 Haneda Airport
05:35 Greet Crown Prince returning from Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos
06:08 Reisdence

July 2, 2012 (MON)

AM
09:33 Office
09:53 Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
10:23 Mr. Hirano leaves
11:31 Awards Ceremony to Present the Prime Minister’s Commendations on Contributors to Public Safety
11:43 Ceremony ends

PM
01:17 Mr. Tarutoko, DPJ Acting Secretary General
01:45 Mr. Tarutoko leaves
03:36 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
03:54 Mr. Koshiishi leaves
04:56 Parliament
04:59 DPJ Board meeting
05:10 Office
05:40 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
06:44 Press interview
06:58 Dinner with Mr. Maehara, Mr. Ritsuo Hosokawa, and Mr. Akira Nagatsuma at the eel restaurant Sekine in Akasaka
09:30 Office

July 3, 2012 (TUE)

AM
09:12 Office
09:18 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister; and Mr. Sonoda, Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office
09:34 Mr. Gemba, Minister of Foreign Affairs
10:01 Ministerial Meeting
10:17 Mr. Koshiishi, DPJ Secretary General
11:00 Mr. Muneo Suzuki, President of True Democracy, Daichi Party; Mr .Tezuka, Special Advisor to

PM
11:47 JR Tokyo Station
11:56 Leave Tokyo Station; Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Honda, Special Advisor to PM, accompany
01:36 JR Sendai Station
01:52 Sendai International Center, Aoba Ward, Sendai City
02:00 Mr. Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi Prefecture; Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
02:19 Ms. Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program; Mr. Gemba
02:30 The World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku
03:21 Observe the site of the project to restore disaster-prevention forests along the coast; Mr. Hoson, Minister of Environment accompany
03:37 Press interview
04:26 Observing the building for growing tomatoes within the large-scale horticultural technology inspection and research facility
04:50 Press interview
05:44 JR Sendai Station
06:05 Leave the station
07:48 JR. Tokyo Station
08:04 Residence

July 4, 2012 (WED)

AM
09:33 Office
09:47 Mr. Maehara, DPJ Policy Research Council Chief
10:07 Mr. Maehara leaves

PM
12:01 Lunch with Spcial Advisors, Mr. Tezuka, Mr. Terada, Mr. Nagashima, Mr. Honda, and Mr. Mizuoka
12:29 Lunch ends
02:00 Mr. Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
02:24 Mr. Azumi, Minister of Finance
02:58 Mr. Azumi leaves
03:45 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
04:01 Mr. Saito leaves
05:31Mr. Yutaka Nishizawa, President of Jiji Press; and Mr. Masamitsu Takhashi, Jiji Press Director of Politics department
05:37 Mr. Ishida, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
05:51 Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society
06:16 Residence

July 5, 2012 (THU)

AM
09:33 Residence
10:01 Mr. Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee; and Ms. Saori Yoshida, Leader of the Japanese Olympians for London
10:52 Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
11:14 Mr. Nagashima leaves
11:28 Mr. Nagashima again; Mr. Matsutomi, Director-General of Africa and Middle East Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11:38 Mr. Maehara, DPJ Policy Research Council chief

PM
12:02 Mr. Maehara leaves
02:27 Mr. Furukawa, Minister of State for National Policy
02:44 Mr. Ogushi, Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, joins
02:50 Mr. Goto, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office, joins
03:18 Mr. Goto leaves
03:22 All leave
03:23 Mr. Kazuhiro Tomikoshi and Mr. Shoji Ouchi, new and old Pollution Adjustment Committee Chair
03:30 Mr. Hajime Ishii, DPJ Upper House member; Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; and Mr. Nagashima, Special Advisor to PM
04:07 Mr. Nakatsuka, Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
05:04 Mr. Kitamura, Head of Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
05:32 The Council on National Strategy and Policy
06:52 Residence

July 6, 2012 (FRI)

AM
08:48 Parliament
08:55 Headquarters for the Promotion of Child and Youth Support
09:14 Ministerial meeting
09:29 Issue and appointment to Mr. Tetsuo Inami to Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
09:35 Office
11:05 Courtesy Call from the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Christine Lagarde; Mr. Nakao, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
11:25 Mr. Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Mr. Adachi, Administrative Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Mr. Takahara, Director-General, Agency for Natural resources and Energy; and Mr. Fukano, Director-General of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
11:50 Mr. Adachi, Mr. Takahara, and Mr. Fukano leave

PM
12:06 Mr. Edano leaves
12:53 Parliament
12:59 Mr. Wataru Nakai, DPJ Lower House member
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
01:07 Office
02:16 Mr. Nakatsuka, Senior Vice Minister of Reconstruction; Mr. Suzuki, Director General of Small and Medium Enterprise Agency; and Mr. Sugawara, Director-General of Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
02:25 Mr. Tatsuo Hirano, Minister for Reconstruction in the Response to the East Japan Earthquake
02:39 Mr. Honda, Special Advisor to PM, joins
02:48 Mr. Nakatsuka and Mr. Suzuki leave
02:49 Mr. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, joins
03:23 All leave
03:55 Mr. Nakagawa, Minister of Defense Disaster Prevention
04:20 Mr. Okada, Deputy Prime Minister
04:30 Mr. Tezuka, Special Advisor to PM
04:54 Mr. Gemba; Mr. Sasae, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Sugiyama, Director General of Asia Pacific Bureau
05:48 The Frontier Subcommittee
06:14 Reception with the subcommittee members
07:15 Residence

July 7, 2012 (SAT)

AM Visit Fukushima Prefecture
07:48 JR Ueno Station
08:00 Leave Ueno Station and Mr. Saito and Mr. honda
10:11 Arrive at JR Izumi Station, Fukushima Prefecture
10:30 Onahama Port, Iwaki City; observe fish market and others
10:44 Observe a tourism center and local product souvenir shop
11:06 Meeting with Mr. Takao Watanabe, Mayor of Iwaki City
11:31 Press interview
11:55 Observe emergency temporary housing at Watanabe Machi Hiruno

PM
12:07 Mr. Toshitsuna Watanabe, Mayor of Okuma Machi
01:54 Meeting with Mr. Yuko Kawauchi, Mayor of Kawauchi Village
02:10 Observe Shimokawauchi Emergy Temporary houses
02:19 Observing the inspection laboratory for agricultural products
02:36 Kawauchi Elementary School, mingle with students
03:10 Conversation with Mayor Endo
03:31 Conversation ends
05:21 Fukushima Prefecture Government Building
05:31 Meeting with Governor Yuhei Sato of Fukushima
06:13 Press interview
06:23 JR Fukushima Station
06:46 Leave Fukushima Station
08:37 JR Ueno Station
09:01 Residence

July 8, 2012 (SUN)

AM
08:16 Hotel Prince Park Tower Tokyo
08:18 Mr. Saito, Mr. Nagashima, and Mr. Ihara
08:33 Ms. Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
09:08 Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan
09:53 Photo shoot with country representatives
10:07 Residence
11:33 Mr. Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
11:53 Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

PM
12:20 Mr. Ban leaves
03:00 Capitol Hotel Tokyu. Haircut at Spa & Barber Carju Rajah Tiado
04:36 Residence