Jan. 24, 2018

09:40

Left his official residence for the Prime Minister’s Office [Kantei].

09:41

Gave an interview to media outlets.

09:50

Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura.

11:48

Met with LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai and LDP Acting Secretary-General Motoo Hayashi.

12:55

Arrived at the Diet building.

12:57

Met with Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Toshimitsu Motegi.

13:02

Attended the House of Representatives plenary session.

16:11

Arrived at the Kantei.

16:43

Met with Diet members on the Council for Gender Equality who are well-versed in the issues.

16:53

Received a courtesy call from Mayor Yoshikazu Noda of Higashi Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, and other members of the Municipal Leaders Council on Education Rebuilding.

17:13

Met with Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobukatsu Kanehara, Director of Cabinet Intelligence Shigeru Kitamura, MOFA Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy Satoshi Suzuki, MOD Director General for Defense Policy Satoshi Maeda and Joint Staff Chief Katsutoshi Kawano.

17:40

Spoke by phone with PM Mark Rutte of the Netherlands.

18:16

Received a courtesy call from youth representatives of the Ship for World Youth.

18:40

Had dinner at Akasaka Hanten, a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo’s Akasaka district, with chief reporters of media outlets belonging to the Cabinet Press Club.

20:22

Met with Katsuyuki Kawai, special advisor to the LDP President for foreign affairs.

20:43

Arrived at his private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo.