January 18, 2017

11:05

Left his private residence in Tomigaya.

11:52

Met with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lorin Robert of the Federated States of Micronesia and other representatives participating in the Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office [Kantei].

14:51

Met with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Katsuyuki Kawai, followed by Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama and Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General Kenji Kanasugi.

15:35

Met with House of Representatives member Hiroaki Tabata and his wife.

16:00

Met with METI Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Director General Hiroyuki Suematsu. Later met with National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shotaro Yachi, Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura, MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Director General Kimihiro Ishikane, Defense Policy Bureau Director General Satoshi Maeda, and Joint Staff Chief Katsutoshi Kawano.

17:08

Met with Chairman Ryu Shionoya of the Japan-Mekong Regional Partnership Friendship Parliamentarian League, followed by Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Masahiko Shibayama. Later met with Vice Defense Minister Tetsuro Kuroe and the Defense Minister’s chief secretary Katashi Toyota.

19:01

Dined with Kitamura, MOFA European Affairs Bureau Director General Hajime Hayashi and former Vice Finance Minister Kazuho Tanaka at the French restaurant “Hotel de Mikuni” in Wakaba, Shinjuku.

22:23

Arrived at his private residence in Tomigaya.