July 28, 2016

09:41

Arrived at the Prime Minister’s Residence [Kantei].

10:18

Met with Administrative vice-Minister of Defense Tetsuro Kuroe, Maritime Self- Defense Force Chief of Staff Tomohisa Takei, Commissioner of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency Hideaki Watanabe, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General of Asia and Oceanian Affairs Kenji Kanasugi. Afterward, recorded a video message for the Japanese delegation participating in the Paralympic Games at Rio de Janeiro. Then met with former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Koji Omi.

11:33

Met with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Yasuhisa Shiozaki.

12:06

Recorded an overseas public relations video.

13:46

Met with Jiji Press President Masao Omuro et al.

14:07

Met with junior high school students who participated in youth exchange program in the Northern Territories, et al.

14:31

Met with Secretary General of National Security Secretariat Shotaro Yachi, Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura, Director-General of the Bureau of Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense Satoshi Maeda, and Deputy Director-General of Foreign Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Toshiro Iijima.

15:05

Met with Special Adviser to the Prime Minister Masahiko Shibayama and Upper House member Masako Mori. Special Adviser Shibayama stayed behind. Afterward, held a cabinet meeting to discuss how to deal with the knife attack that occurred at a home for the disabled.

16:00

Met with The Mainichi Newspapers Co. Chairman Yutaka Asahina and President Masahiro Maruyama. After that, met with Deputy Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Finance Shinichi Sato and Director-general of Budget Bureau Junichi Fukuda. Then met with Secretary General Yachi, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama, and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba.

17:11

Met with Election Strategy Committee Chairman Toshimitsu Mogi. Afterward, met with former U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers and Michael Mullen et al.

18:40

Dined with Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Chairman Akio Mimura, and Keizai Doyukai Chairman Yoshimitsu Kobayashi et al. at Senbazuru, a Japanese restaurant in the Hotel New Otani.

21:42

Arrived at his private residence in Tomigaya.