Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule May 20-27

May 20, 2013 (Mon)

AM
09:22 Office
10:32 Ministerial Council on Monthly Economic Report and Other Relative Issues
10:52 Economic Revitalization Minister Amari; Mr. Matsumoto, Administrative Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; and others
11:08 Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Kawai; Deputy Foreign Minister Saiki; and Mr. Ishikawa, Director South Asia Department
11:35 Mr. Satoshi Ishikawa, President of Kyodo News

PM
12:55 Parliament
12:56 Upper House Audit Committee
05:03 LDP Executives meeting
05:31 Office
05:52 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
06:56 Deputy PM and Finance Minister Aso
07:09 Akasaka Shimada Osteopathic Clinic; back treatment
08:20 Imperial Hotel; attend the meeting with Western Japan Economic Federation, including Mr. Shousuke Mori, Chair of Kansai Power Company; Mr. Amari and Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office Nishimura attend
10:00 Home in Tomigaya

May 21, 2013 (Tue)

AM
07:55 Office
08:02 Ministerial Meeting
08:19 Headquarters on Creating Dynamism through Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities
08:37 Information Security Policy Council
09:34 Non-certified Childcare Facilities in Yokohama City
09:35 Ms. Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor of Yokohama City; Exchange opinions with childcare workers
10:24 Certified Childcare Facility in Yokohama
10:27 Mayor Hayashi; and Mr. Makoto Torii, President of Soutetsu Holdings, Owner of the facility
10:52 Press interview
11:39 Office

PM
12:01 Residence
12:02 Lunch with LDP first term members; Mr. Suga; Mr. Katou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Kimura, Advisor for PM
12:43 Mr. Kouichi Hagyuda, LDP Lower House member
12:50 Office
01:00 Mr. Suga; and Mr. Iijima, Cabinet Office councilor (the official who went to North Korea)
02:33 Mr. Kitamura, Director, Cabinet Intelligence; and Mr. Shimohira, Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center Director
02:43 Mr. Shimohira leaves
02:54 Mr. Kitamura leaves
02:58 Mr. Yoneda, Director-General of the National Police Agency
03:40 Mr. Yonemura, Cabinet Crisis Management Director
04:21 Defense Minister Onodera; Mr. Tokuchi, Defense Policy Bureau Director General; Mr. Kouno, Maritime SDF Chief of Staff; and Mr. Kataoka, Air SDF Chief of Staff
05:02 Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Kawai
05:47 Ambassador Shin Kak-Soo of South Korea
06:01 Justice Minister Tanigaki
06:21 Submission of Proposal by the Public-Private Council for the Promotion of TICAD V
06:29 Ms. Inada, Minister for Administrative Reform
06:48 Deputy Foreign Minister Saiki
06:50 Mr. Sugiyama, Director General of MoFA Asia Oceania Affairs Bureau
07:25 Both leave
07:30 Residence
07:31 Dinner with Mr. Aso
09:23 Home in Tomigaya

May 22, 2013 (Wed)

AM
09:31 Office
09:53 Parliament
10:00 Upper House Plenary Session
10:26 Hibiya Public Hall; Regular General Meeting of the National Association of Chairpersons of City Councils
10:50 Office
11:16 Japan-Singapore Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

PM
12:00 Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister
12:56 See off Prime Minister Lee
12:59 Mr. Furuya, Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
01:27 Education Minister Shimomura; Deputy Education Minister Yamanaka
01:40 Mr. Yamanaka leaves
01:51 Mr. Shimomura leaves
01:52 Mr. Nemonto, Minister for Reconstruction
03:03 Education Rebuilding Implementation Council
03:56 Mr. Kitamura, Director, Cabinet Intelligence
04:51 Foreign Minister Kishida
05:24 Deputy Foreign Minister Saiki and others
05:30 Courtesy Call from the Winners of the Future Shinkansen Contest
05:42 Mr. Yoshio Mochizuki, LDP Administrative Reform Promotion Director
06:03 Industrial Competitiveness Council
07:08 Residence; Dinner with Tsutomu Yamazaki, LDP Upper House Budget Committee member; and Mr. Masaaki Taniai, New Komei Party Upper House member; Mr. Sekou attends
09:07 Home in Tomigaya

May 23, 2013 (Thu)

AM
08:38 Office
08:39 Mr. Koumura, LDP Vice President
09:11 Mr. Sekou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
09:32 Request from the Headquarters for the Revitalization of Education of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
09:54 Parliament
10:00 Upper House Cabinet Committee
11:08 Office
11:34 Japan-Thailand Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

PM
12:11 Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister
01:04 See off Prime Minister Yingluck
01:52 Filipino Foreign Minister Del Rosario
02:20 Gathering of Persons with Disabilities with the Prime Minister
03:05 Press interview
03:09 Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, President of Japan-Africa Federation Friendship Diet Member’s Caucus
03:29 Deputy Foreign Minister Saiki; and Deputy Economy, Trade, and Industry Minister Sasaki
04:24 Mr. Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary
05:00 Mr. Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State; and Mr. David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group
05:42 Tokyo Kaikan hall Rose Room, Celebration of the Japan Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association
05:55 Office
06:33 Imperial Hotel, Chidori no Ma Room, Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Thiện Nhân of Vietnam
06:44 Meeting Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister H.E. Keat Chhon of Cambodia
06:55 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E. Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith
07:10 Reception Hall Kujaku no Ma Room; Banquet of the 19th International Conference on the Future of Asia
08:09 Conversation with Seikei Gakuen Alumni including Mr. Ryouzou Kato, Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball and Mr. Atsuyuki Sassa, former Cabinet Office National Security Chief
09:59 Home in Tomigaya

May 24, 2013 (Fri)

AM
08:04 Office
08:10 Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society
08:28 Ministerial meeting
08:40 Ms. Mori, Minister in charge of Declining Birthrate
08:43 Mr .Sekou
09:53 Parliament
10:01 Upper House Plenary Session
11:54 Leave in the middle of the session
11:57 Office
11:58 Courtesy Call from the Iris Princesses and Others; Mr. Fukushirou Nukaga, former

Finance Minister, attends

PM
12:11 Mr. Ishiba, LDP Secretary General
12:30 Ruling Party Leaders meeting with Mr. Yamaguchi, President of New Komei Party; Mr. Ishiba; Mr. Inouye, New Komei’s Secretary General; Mr. Oota, Komei member, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation; and Mr. Suga
12:48 Mr. Oota leaves
01:23 All leave
01:24 Ms. Takaichi, LDP Policy Research Council Chief
02:02 Press Interview
02:24 Haneda Airport
02:49 Leave the airport for Myanmar with Mrs. Abe



（Local Time May 24）

PM
Arrive at Yangon International Airport
Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon
Dinner Party at Japanese Ambassador’s residence
In Hotel

May 25, 2013 (Sat)
First Day of the Prime Minister's Visit to Myanmar

May 26, 2013 (Sun)
Second Day of the Prime Minister's Visit to Myanmar

May 27, 2013 (Mon)

AM
00:36 Arrive at Haneda Airport