Nov. 15, 2019

0:32

Attended the Sukiden-Kyosen-no-Gi rite (a ceremony after the enthronement, in which the Emperor offers new rice to the Imperial Ancestor) of Daijosai (Great Thanksgiving Festival following Enthronement) at the Imperial Palace.

3:15

Sukiden-Kyosen-no-Gi ended.

3:28

Left the Imperial Palace.

3:38

Arrived at the prime minister’s official residence.

12:04

Left his official residence.

12:05

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

12:06 – 12:07

Gave an interview to media outlets.

15:20

National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shigeru Kitamura, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Satoshi Maeda, MOFA International Legal Affairs Bureau Director-General Masataka Okano, Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense Kenichi Takahashi and Defense Policy Bureau Director-General Akihiro Tsuchimichi entered the room.

15:54

Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Maeda, Director-General Okano, Administrative Vice-Minister Takahashi and Director-General Tsuchimichi left the room.

16:04

Secretary General Kitamura left the room.

16:05 – 16:15

Met with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Kanasugi and MLIT Vice-Minister Naoki Fujii.

16:27

Secretary General Kitamura, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Takaya Imai, MOFA Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori and Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau Director-General Katsuhiko Takahashi entered the room.

16:44

Director-General Takahashi left the room.

17:01

All left the room.

17:24 – 17:51

Met with Director of Cabinet Intelligence Hiroaki Takizawa.

18:21 – 18:42

Gave an interview to media outlets.

18:43

Left the Kantei.

18:51

Arrived at Palace Hotel Tokyo in the Marunouchi district. Dined with Fujisankei Communications Group Representative Hisashi Hieda at the Japanese restaurant “Wadakura” in the hotel.

20:39

Left the hotel.

20:55

Arrived at his private residence in Tokyo’s Tomigaya district.