May 18, 2020

09:42

Left his private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo.

09:54

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

10:56-11:31

Met with supreme advisor of LDP headquarters for promoting constitutional revision Masahiko Komura.

11:32-11:50

Met with LDP Election Strategy Committee Chairperson Hakubun Shimomura.

13:58-14:23

Met with Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Taro Aso.

14:44-15:06

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

15:20-15:25

Met with MEXT Administrative Vice Minister Makoto Fujiwara.

15:51-16:27

Met with Association of Japanese Medical Colleges (AJMC) novel coronavirus response committee chair Takamasa Kayama, Japan Medical Association President Yoshitake Yokokura and others.

16:28-16:57

Met with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.

16:58

Left the Kantei.

17:00

Arrived at the Diet building.

17:01

Entered the LDP President’s room.

17:03-17:18

Held a meeting of LDP executives.

17:19

Left the room.

17:20

Left the Diet building.

17:21

Arrived at the Kantei.

17:46

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato; Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Naoki Okada and Kazuhiro Sugita; National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shigeru Kitamura; Special Advisors to the Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi, Eiichi Hasegawa and Takaya Imai; head of novel coronavirus response office Hideki Tarumi; Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba; and MHLW Global Health Officer Yasuhiro Suzuki entered the room.

17:47

Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Yasutoshi Nishimura joined the meeting.

18:02

All the meeting participants left the room.

18:45-18:47

Gave an interview to media outlets.

18:48

Left the Kantei.

19:03

Arrived at his private residence.