July 24, 2020

Morning

Spent the morning at his private residence in Tokyo’s Tomigaya district. Received no visiors.

16:40

Left his private residence.

16:53

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

17:00-17:14

Met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Akihiro Nishimura, Naoki Okada, and Kazuhiro Sugita; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Yoshiki Okita; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeshi Fujii; Special Advisors to the Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi, Eiichi Hasegawa, and Takaya Imai; MIC Telecommunications Bureau Director-General Yoshiaki Takeuchi; METI Director-General for Evidence-based Policymaking Masayoshi Arai; Japan Meteorological Agency Director-General Yasuo Sekita; Director-General of Environmental Regeneration and Material Cycles Bureau in the Ministry of Environment Masahiro Yamamoto; and MOD Administrative Vice Chief of Staff Takahiro Sugawara.

17:15

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato; Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Yasutoshi Nishimura; Suga; Akihiro Nishimura; Okada; Sugita; Fujii; Izumi; Hasegawa; Imai; National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Shigeru Kitamura; novel coronavirus response office head Hideki Tarumi; MOFA Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba; and MHLW Global Health Officer Yasuhiro Suzuki entered the room.

17:41

Suga, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Akihiro Nishimura, Okada, Sugita, Kitamura, Fujii, Izumi, Hasegawa, Imai, Tarumi, and Akiba left the room.

17:48

Kato and Suzuki left the room.

17:55-17:58

Met with Kitamura.

18:00-18:01

Gave an interview to media outlets.

18:02

Left the Kantei.

18:15

Arrived at his private residence.