Sept. 24, 2020 

06:40 

Left the House of Representatives members’ dormitory in Tokyo’s Akasaka district.  

06:43 

Arrived at the Prime Minister’s Office [Kantei]. Went for a walk on the grounds of the Kantei. 

07:49 – 08:11 

Had a teleconference with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.  

09:38 – 09:43 

Met with Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Yasutoshi Nishimura. 

09:44 – 10:02 

Met with Nishimura; Cabinet Office Administrative Vice Minister Shigetaka Yamasaki; Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination Hiroshi Tawa; Cabinet Office Director-General for Economic, Fiscal and Social Structure Sachihiro; and Cabinet Office Director-General for Economic Assessment and Policy Analysis Nobuo Kagomiya.  

10:58 – 11:18 

Had a teleconference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.  

11:32 – 11:33 

Gave an interview to the press.  

11:43 – 11:53 

Met with Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeshi Fujii and MIC Administrative Vice Minister Buichiro Kuroda.  

12:31 

Left the Kantei.  

12:33 

Arrived at the House of Representatives Second Members’ Office Building.     

12:59 

Left the place.  

13:02 

Arrived at the Kantei.  

14:27 – 14:52 

Met with Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Ryota Takeda.  

14:53 – 15:13 

Met with Lower House member Yasufumi Tanahashi of the Liberal Democratic Party.  

15:14 – 15:32 

Met with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kajiyama; METI Vice-Minister Hisayoshi Ando; and METI Director-General for Policy Planning and Coordination Masayoshi Arai. 

15:49 

Japan Bank for International Cooperation Governor Tadashi Maeda; Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi; MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Bureau Noriyuki Shikata; and Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure and Transport Yasuhiro Okanishi entered the room.  

16:01 

Shikata and Okanishi left the room.  

16:02 – 16:14 

Met with Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Hajime Hayashi, MOFA Director-General of Foreign Policy Bureau Shigeo Yamada, MOD Director-General for Defense Policy Masami Oka, and Joint Chief Staff Koji Yamazaki.  

16:15 – 16:31 

Met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba.  

16:32 – 16:37 

Met with Upper House member Shuko Sonoda of the Liberal Democratic Party and Kagoshima Mayor Hiroyuki Mori.  

17:03 – 17:17 

Attended a meeting of the Ministerial Council on the Monthly Economic Report. 

17:18 

Izumi; Manabu Yoshida, head of Office for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control, Cabinet Secretariat; MHLW Administrative Vice Minister Hideki Tarumi; MHLW Chief Medical and Global Health Officer Yasumasa Fukushima; and MHLW Director-General for Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau Mitsuaki Kamata entered the room.  

17:29 

Tarumi and Kamata left the room. MOFA Consular Affairs Bureau Director-General Koichi Mizushima joined.  

17:53 

All left the room.  

18:41 

Left the Kantei.  

18:43 

Arrived at the House of Representatives Second Members’ Office Building.   

18:58 

Left the place.  

19:01 

Arrived at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu in Tokyo’s Nagatacho district. Dined with Reitaku University Visiting Professor Tsutomu Nishioka at the hotel’s restaurant “Origami.”  

20:04 

Left the hotel.  

20:08 

Arrived at the House of Representatives members’ dormitory in Tokyo’s Akasaka district.