Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule August 1-11, 2013

Hiroshima

August 1, 2013 (Thu)

AM
09:44 Office
10:00 Conference call with Nguyen Tan Dung
11:13 Taku Yamamoto, LDP Energy Strategy Research Committee Chair; Yoshiaki Harada, Leader of the East China Sea Resource Development Project Team
11:42 Katsuyuki Kawai, Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair

PM
02:30 Yuuji Miyamoto, Former Ambassador to China
03:40 Kenichiro Hamada, NHK Management Committee Chair
03:50 Kousuke Hori, Lower House Constitution Deliberation Committee Chair
04:16 Hiroshi Hase, Senior Manager of LDP Headquarter for Promoting and Bringing Olympics and Paralympics to Tokyo
04:37 Masuda and Sato New and Old Administrative Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation; Sato, Japan Coast Guard Commander
06:20 Reception to Offer Words of Encouragement to the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV)
06:51 PM Residence
06:58 Dinner with Ambassador Roos of the U.S. and Mrs. Roos; Mrs. Abe; Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga; and Foreign Minister Kishida
09:08 See off Ambassador and Mrs. Roos
09:30 Home in Tomigaya

August 2, 2013 (Fri)

AM
08:54 Office
09:02 Ministerial Meeting
10:16 Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Saiki; Hiramatsu, MoFA Foreign Policy Bureau Director-General
10:49 Hiramatsu leaves
10:56 Saiki leaves
10:7 Deputy Foreign Minister Sugiyama
11:11 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso; and Minister Amari of Economic Revitalization
11:48 Koji Kinutani, Painter

PM
12:27 Parliament
12:30 LDP Lower and Upper House Member General Assembly
12:46 Representatives Meeting
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
01:11 Office
01:16 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso; and Minister Kishida of Foreign Affairs; Defense Minister Onodera; Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga
02:35 Parliament
03:00 Opening Ceremony of the 184th Extraordinary Diet Session
03:22 Yamazaki and Koshiishi, Upper House Chair and Vice Chair
03:30 Office
03:49 Kitamura, Cabinet Intelligence Director
04 :32 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
06:08 PM Residence
06:09 Motohide Yoshikawa, Ambassador to the UN
06:17 Toshihiro Nikai, Japan Vietnam Friendship Caucus Chair; H.E.Mr. To Huy Rua, President of the Viet Nam - Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association
06:33 Kazuyoshi Hanada, Editor in Chief of Monthly Magazine “Will”; and Kimito Kusaka, Publicist
08:39 Home in Tomigaya

August 3, 2013 (Sat)

Spent entire day in his private home in Tomigaya

August 4, 2013 (Sun)

Visits Yamaguchi and Shimane Prefectures
Nippon Jamboree and Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree

August 5, 2013 (Mon)

AM
09:45 Office
09:30 Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Saiki; Hiramatsu, MoFA Foreign Policy Bureau Director General
10:38 Shindo, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
11:14 Courtesy Call from the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremic; PM Advisor Sekou

PM
12:01 Government・Ruling Party Liaison Meeting
01:45 Yutaka Asahina, President of Mainichi Shimbun; Mrs. Fusako Saito, wife of late former President of Mainichi Shimbun
02:28 Saiki, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Miyagawa, MoFA Middle East and African Affairs Bureau Director General
02:47 Miyagawa leaves
03:04 Saiki leaves
05:25 Haneda Airport
05:50 Leave the airport JAL Flight 1613
06:51 Arrive at Hiroshima Airport
07:51 Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima
08:00 Dinner with PM Advisor Hasegawa and secretaries; Stay in the hotel

August 6, 2013 (Tue)

AM
Attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, and Other Activities
Speech

PM
01:15 Hiroshima Airport
01:43 Leave the airport on JAL Flight 1606
02:51 Arrive at Haneda Airport
03:33 Office
04:30 Receive a Report from the National Council on Social Security System Reform from Chairman Seike
04:47 Hironobu Takesaki, Supreme Court Chief Justice
05:08 Takeo Kawamura, Chair of Non partisan Diet Caucus on “Promoting Establishment of International Linear Collider Research Institute in Japan”; Ryu Shioya, Secretary General
05:20 Eto, PM Advisor
06:32 Hotel New Ohtani Garden Tower; Dialogue with Hyakuta Naoki; Kazuyoshi Hanada, Editor in Chief of Monthly Magazine “Will”, attends
09:18 Home in Tomigaya

August 7, 2013 (Wed)

AM
09:05 Office
09:17 Meeting of the Government and Ruling Parties on the Mid-term Fiscal Plan and FY2014 Guidelines for Budget Requests
09:38 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso
10:04 Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi
10:05 Mohau N. Pheko, Ambassador of South Africa; Sello Hatang, Chief Executive of Nelson Mandela Foundation
10:18 Opening Ceremony for the Entertainment Art Exhibition
11:11 Office
11:13 Finance Minister Aso; and Economic Revitalization Minister Amari
11:34 Amari leaves
11:45 Aso leaves
11:49 Ishiba, LDP Secretary General

PM
12:55 Parliament
01:02 Lower House Plenary Session
01:11 Office
02:02 Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters
02:37 Kimura, PM Advisor
03:00 Takehiko Kiyotake, Board Chair of Sankei Shimbun
03:21 Hiroshi Kishi, President of National Fishery Union Confederation
03:42 Administrative Foreign Minister Saiki
04:01 Inada, Minister for Administrative Reform
04:36 Governor Nakaima of Okinawa; Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Sekou and Sugita
05:03 Furuya, Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
05:28 LDP Headquarters
05:32 Attend and made remarks in freshmen diet members meeting
05:46 Office
05:47 Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga
06:43 Shin Nittetsu Kioi Building; dinner with Takashi Imai, Board Chair Emeritus of Shin Nittetsu Sumikin (New Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal) and Shoji Muneoka, Board Chair
09:09 Home in Tomigaya

August 8, 2013 (Thu)

AM
08:14 Office
08:21 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
08:45 Ministerial Meeting
09:14 Headquarters for Healthcare and Medical Strategy Promotion
09:32 Headquarters on Creating Dynamism through Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Industries and Local Communities
09:56 Ihara, MOFA Asia and Oceania Affairs Bureau Director General
10:12 Hiramatsu, MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Director-General; Mitani, Headquarters for the Abduction Issue
11:16 Deputy Foreign Minister Nagamine; Furusawa, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
11:50 Junko Kawaguchi, Former Foreign Minister
11:52 Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

PM
12:50 Video Message Recording for National High School Parent-Teacher Association Assembly in Yamaguchi Prefecture
02:25 National Governors Association President, Governor Keiji Yamada of Kyoto
02:44 Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Sugawara, Deputy Director of Japan Economic Revitalization Headquarters
04:02 Receives the National Personnel Authority (NPA) Recommendation and Report; Shindo, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga
04:09 Kitamura, Cabinet Intelligence Director
04:15 Yonemura, Cabinet Crisis Management Directo ; Nakajima, Ministry of Defense, Operation Policy Bureau Director General
04:24 Yonemura and Nakajima leave
04:46 Kitamura leaves
05:01 Mitsuhiko Kawato, Auditor General; Issue appointment to Komatsu and Yamamoto, new and old Cabinet Legislation Bureau Director; Taichi Sakaiya, Former Economic Planning Director, Issue appointment to Takeo Hirata, Professor of Waseda Universaity, to Cabinet Secretariat Councilor
05:57 Yamaguchi, President of New Komei Party
06:31 Dinner with Yamaguchi and Inouye, Secretary General of New Komei Party; Suga attends
08:56 Home in Tomigaya



August 9, 2013 (Fri)

AM
Attend the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, and Other Activities

PM
05:05 Arrive at Haneda Airport
06:30 Home in Tomigaya
08:17 Sumibi Kushiyaki I.W, a barbecue restaurant in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture; Dinner with secretaries
10:11 Summer home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi

August 10, 2013 (Sat)

AM
07:14 Narusawa Golf Club, Narusawa Village, Yamanashi; Play golf with friends and secretaries

PM
03:28 Summer home in the village
06:08 Chinese Restaurant Isai Chugoku Kan Kokyuu; Dinner with friends and secretaries
08:26 Summer home

August 11, 2013 (Sun)

AM
08:31 Fujisa Sakura Country Club; Play golf with Honda, Cabinet Councilor and friends

PM
05:00 Summer home in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture; barbecue with secretaries and friends
05:20 Honda joins
08:58 Honda leaves