February 12, 2016

08:09

Left his private residence in Tomigaya.

08:35

Held a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office [Kantei].

09:35

Met with MOF Administrative Vice-Minister Kazuho Tanaka and Vice-Minister of Finance for Foreign Affairs Masatsugu Asakawa. Then met with MOFA Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama and Foreign Policy Bureau Director-General Takeo Akiba.

10:40

Met with State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yosuke Takagi.

11:34

Met with MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Director-General Takio Yamada and Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department Director-General Kazuya Nashida.

12:01

Met with Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.

14:13

Met with the participants in the Middle East Peace Project in Shizuoka. Thereafter, met with Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi.

15:57

Met with MOFA Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Akitaka Saiki and Director-General of the Intelligence and Analysis Service Hiroshi Oka. Then met with Vice-Minister Saiki, European Affairs Bureau Director-General Hajime Hayashi, and Ambassador for Japan-Russia Relations Chikahito Harada.

17:03

Met with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura.

18:07

Attended a meeting of his supporters’ group composed of members of the Japan Psychiatric Hospitals Association held at the Palace Hotel Tokyo. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda was also present.

19:16

Met with politics desk chief Takashi Arimoto, commentator Rui Abiru, et al. of the Sankei Shimbun at Akasaka Jipangu, a restaurant at the Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu.

22:13

Arrived at his private residence.