Dec. 20, 2021  

08:28  

Left the Prime Minister’s Official Residence [Kotei] on foot.  

08:29  

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

08:33 – 08:44  

Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Isozaki Yoshihiko.  

08:51  

Left the Kantei.  

08:53  

Arrived at the National Diet Building.  

08:54  

Entered Upper House Committee Room No. 1.  

09:00  

The Upper House Budget Committee meeting commenced.  

11:47  

The Upper House Budget Committee meeting adjourned. Left the room.  

11:49  

Left the National Diet Building.  

11:51  

Arrived at the Kantei.  

12:02 – 12:44  

Had lunch with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji; House of Representatives members Kokuba Konosuke; Kaneko Shunpei; and Hasegawa Junji of the LDP.  

12:45 – 12:52  

Met with Kihara, Kaneko, and Hasegawa.  

14:05- 14:15  

Met with House of Representatives member Ishihara Hirotaka of the LDP

14:20 – 14:41  

Met with National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Akiba Takeo; Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mori Takeo; and MOD Administrative Vice-Minister Shimada Kazuhisa.  

14:44 – 14:59  

Met with Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Murai Hideki.  

15:03 – 15:13  

Met with Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization Yamagiwa Daishiro; Cabinet Secretariat office of social reform director Taniuchi Shigeru; and deputy director Oshima Kazuhiro.  

15:30 – 15:44  

Received a written resolution to support yearend financing of business operators from Chairperson Katayama Satsuki and others of the LDP Research Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems.  

16:01  

Left the Kantei.  

16:02  

Arrived at the National Diet Building  

16:03  

Entered the Upper House President’s reception room.  

16:07  

Left the room and entered the Upper House chamber.  

16:08 – 16:10  

Met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa.  

16:11  

The Upper House plenary session commenced.  

17:11  

Left his seat halfway through the session and entered the Upper House President’s reception room.  

17:28  

Left the room.  

17:29 – 17:39  

Made a round of calls on Upper House President Santo Akiko and Vice-President Ogawa Toshio; Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration Fukuoka Takamaro; and the LDP and Komeito, etc. Minister of Finance Suzuki Shunichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu, Isozaki, and LDP and Komeito Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors Chairpersons Okada Naoki and Yamamoto Hiroshi accompanied him.  

17:40  

Entered the LDP President’s room.   

17:42  

A meeting of the LDP Board started.  

17:56  

The meeting ended.  

18:03  

Left the room.  

18:04  

Left the National Diet Building.  

18:06  

Arrived at the Kantei.  

18:08 – 18:32  

Met with Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Horiuchi Noriko.  

19:05 – 19:45  

Met with Head of the Secretariat of Headquarters for the Abduction Issue Ishikawa Shoichiro of the Cabinet Secretariat.  

20:22  

Left the Kantei on foot.  

20:23  

Arrived at the Kotei.