March 11, 2020

08:31

Left his private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo.

08:47

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

08:53-09:19

Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Naoki Okada.

09:51

Left the Kantei.

09:53

Arrived at the Diet building.

09:55

Entered the Upper House president’s reception room.

09:57

Left the room. Entered the Upper House chamber.

10:02

The Upper House plenary session commenced.  

11:38

The Upper House plenary session adjourned. Left the chamber.

11:40

Left the Diet building.

10:42

Arrived at the Kantei.

14:45-14:55

Attended a ceremony to lay flowers at the Kantei in memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Observed a moment of silence, delivered a message of condolence and laid flowers.

16:16

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Akihiro Nishimura, Naoki Okada, and Kazuhiro Sugita; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Yoshiki Okita; National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shigeru Kitamura; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretaries Kazuyuki Furuya and Satoshi Maeda; Special Advisors to the Prime Minister Eiichi Hasegawa and Takaya Imai; Cabinet Office Administrative Vice Minister Shigetaka Yamasaki; MIC Administrative Vice Minister Buichiro Kuroda; Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba; MEXT Administrative Vice Minister Makoto Fujiwara; MHLW Vice-Minister Toshihiko Suzuki; MHLW Chief Medical and Global Health Officer Yasuhiro Suzuki; MAFF Vice-Minister Hiroyuki Suematsu; METI Vice Minister Hisayoshi Ando and MOD Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Kenichi Takahashi entered the room.

16:40

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Okita; National Security Secretariat Secretary General Kitamura; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretaries Furuya and Maeda; Special Advisors to the Prime Minister Hasegawa and Imai; Cabinet Office Administrative Vice Minister Yamasaki; MIC Administrative Vice Minister Kuroda; Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Akiba; MEXT Administrative Vice Minister Fujiwara; MHLW Vice Minister Toshihiko Suzuki; MAFF Vice Minister Suematsu; METI Vice Minister Ando and MOD Administrative Vice Minister of Defense Takahashi left the room. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Nishimura, Okada, and Sugita; and MHLW Chief Medical and Global Health Officer Suzuki stayed in the room.

16:45

All the meeting participants left the room.

17:10

National Security Secretariat Secretary General Kitamura; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretaries Hajime Hayashi and Satoshi Maeda; Director of Cabinet Intelligence Hiroaki Takizawa; MOFA Director General of Foreign Policy Bureau Shigeo Yamada; MOD Director General for Defense Policy Akihiro Tsuchimichi and Joint Chief Staff Koji Yamazaki entered the room.

17:28

Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretaries Hayashi and Maeda; Director of Cabinet Intelligence Takizawa; MOFA Director General of Foreign Policy Bureau Yamada; MOD Director General for Defense Policy Tsuchimichi and Joint Chief Staff Yamazaki left the room.

17:37

National Security Secretariat Secretary General Kitamura left the room.

18:37

Left the Kantei.

18:38

Arrived at the Kantei.