Dec. 15, 2017

09:16

Left his private residence in Tokyo’s Tomigaya district.

09:37

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

09:45

Attended the Ministerial Meeting concerning Measures against Crime.

10:07

Held a cabinet meeting.

10:18

Met with Minister of Justice Yoko Kamikawa.

10:23

Met with Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Katsunobu Kato.

10:45

Met with Finance Minister Taro Aso, MOF Administrative Vice-Minister Junichi Fukuda, Budget Bureau Director-General Shigeaki Okamoto, Tax Bureau Director-General Tsuguhiko Hoshino, and Financial Bureau Director-General Mitsuru Ota.

11:12

Met with Minister Aso.

13:30

Met with All-Japan Private Kindergarten PTA Federation Chairman Takeo Kawamura as well as Vice-Chairmen Toshiaki Endo and Junzo Yamamoto.

14:19

Arrived at Kyodo News in Tokyo’s Higashi-Shimbashi district. Attended a meeting of managing editors of the member companies of Kyodo News and gave a speech.

14:59

Arrived at the Kantei.

15:26

Met with Minister of State for Regional Revitalization Hiroshi Kajiyama.

16:19

Met with Policy Research Council Chairman Fumio Kishida.

16:45

Met with Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama.

17:28

Met with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura.

17:58

Held a meeting of the Council on National Strategic Special Zones.

18:33

Met with MLIT Vice-Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Tabata and Japan Coast Guard Commandant Satoshi Nakajima.

19:02

Arrived at Ryugetsuen, a Korean barbeque restaurant in Tokyo’s Yotsuya district. Dined with Hitoshi Matsumoto of the comedy duo “Downtown,” celebrities Koji Higashino and Rino Sashihara, sociologist Noritoshi Furuichi, et al.

22:37

Arrived at his private residence.