March 27, 2017

07:11

Left his private residence in Tomigaya.

07:23

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

07:30

Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami.

08:52

Arrived at the Diet building.

08:54

Met with Finance Minister Taro Aso.

09:01

Attended a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee.

11:36

Arrived at the Kantei.

12:57

Arrived at the Diet building.

13:00

Attended a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee.

15:55

Attended a session of the House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee.

17:03

Arrived at the Kantei.

17:10

Met with Minister in Charge of Reforming Ways of Working Katsunobu Kato, Cabinet Office Director-General for Economic and Fiscal Management Hiroaki Niihara, and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Deputy Director-General Junichi Okazaki.

17:34

Arrived at the Diet building.

17:41

Attended a plenary session of the House of Councillors.

18:41

Arrived at the Kantei.

19:19

Arrived at the Diet building.

19:22

Made courtesy calls on House of Councillors President Chuichi Date, Vice President Akira Gunji, Rules and Administration Committee Chairman Junzo Yamamoto, and the parliamentary groups of the ruling and opposition parties including the LDP, Komeito, and the Japanese Communist Party [to thank them for their efforts to pass the budget bill]. Finance Minister Aso, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Nogami, and others accompanied him.

19:37

Gave an interview to the press.

19:44

Arrived at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence. Dined with LDP International Bureau Director-General Kazunori Tanaka, Acting Director-General Kuniko Inoguchi, and others.

21:24

All guests left the Prime Minister’s Official Residence. Stayed overnight at the residence.