July 27, 2017

09:44

Left the Prime Minister’s Official Residence for the Prime Minister’s Office [Kantei].

10:23

Received a courtesy call from Iwaki City Mayor Toshio Shimizu et al. who are campaigning to promote the city’s seafood and beaches. Reconstruction Minister Masayoshi Yoshino was present.

10:32

Met with Special Advisor to the LDP President Yasutoshi Nishimura.

10:50

Watched the demonstration by elementary and junior high school students from Tokyo’s Hachioji City who won the championship at an international double dutch competition. Took commemorative photos.

11:05

Met with three new ambassadors: Yasuhiro Shimizu to Greece, Tadaharu Uehara to Georgia, and Kazuyoshi Higuchi to El Salvador.

11:13

Met with Secretary-General of the Headquarters for the Abduction Issue Shoichiro Ishikawa.

13:39

Met with LDP’s secretary-general for the Upper House Hiromi Yoshida and LDP upper house member Shoji Nishida.

14:11

Received a courtesy call from Ghana’s Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.

15:10

Met with LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai and LDP “Acting” Secretary General Motoo Hayashi, et al.

15:31

Met with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

15:58

Met with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura.

16:33

Met with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and Michio Kitamura, head of the MOD’s Inspector General’s Office of Legal Compliance.

17:13

Attended a meeting of the National Security Council (Meeting among Four Ministers.) Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Keichi Ishii and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jun Matsumoto were also present.

17:47

Met with LDP Election Strategy Committee Chairman Keiji Furuya.

18:35

Arrived at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence. Stayed overnight.