Nov. 2, 2017

09:46

Left his private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo.

10:01

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

10:02

Gave an interview to the press.

10:03

Met with Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat Shotaro Yachi, MOFA Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director-General Kenji Kanasugi, North American Affairs Bureau Director-General Takeo Mori, and MOD Bureau of Defense Policy Director-General Satoshi Maeda.

10:51

Met with Secretary-General Yachi, MOFA Senior Deputy Minister Akiba, MOFA Senior Deputy Minister Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Director-General Mori, Economic Affairs Bureau Director-General Kanji Yamanouchi, Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs Masatsugu Asakawa, MAFF Vice-Minister for International Affairs Hiromichi Matsushima, METI Vice-Minister for International Affairs Tadao Yanase, MLIT Vice-Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Tabata, and MHLW Health Insurance Bureau Director-General Toshihiko Suzuki.

11:20

Met with Senior Deputy Minister Akiba, Director-General Kanasugi, Director-General Mori, and Secretary-General of the Headquarters for the Abduction Issue Shoichiro Ishikawa.

11:43

Met with Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi, Chief Negotiator for the TPP Kazuyoshi Umemoto, and Cabinet Secretariat Councillor Kasuhisa Shibuya.

12:06

Met with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Kentaro Sonoura.

13:13

Arrived at the Crown Prince’s Residence in Tokyo’s Moto-Akasaka district. Met with the Crown Prince and offered greetings as the newly installed prime minister.

13:32

Arrived at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Moto-Akasaka district. Signed the official register at the Residences of Prince Akishino, Prince Mikasa, and Prince Takamado as well as the East Residence of Prince Mikasa [former residence of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa] to announce his installation as prime minister.

14:00

Arrived at the residence of Prince Hitachi in Tokyo’s Higashi district. Signed the official register.

14:16

Arrived at the Kantei.

14:51

Held a nine ministers’ meeting of the National Security Council.

15:04

Held a cabinet meeting.

15:37

Met with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Eiichi Hasegawa, MOFA Senior Deputy Minister Akiba, and MOFA International Legal Affairs Bureau Director-General Masahiro Mikami.

16:26

Arrived at the Imperial Palace. Reported privately to the Emperor. Participated in the attestation ceremony for state ministers.

19:17

Arrived at the Kantei.

19:41

Posed for commemorative photographs with the state ministers.

19:49

Gave remarks at a meeting of the state ministers.

20:10

Presented letters of appointment to the parliamentary vice-ministers.

20:23

Posed for commemorative photographs with the parliamentary vice-ministers.

20:29

Gave remarks at a meeting of the parliamentary vice-ministers.

20:48

Held a teleconference with King Abdullah II of Jordan.

21:27

Arrived at his private residence.