Dec. 23, 2021  

07:40  

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

07:47  

Arrived at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo’s Uchisaiwaicho district. Attended and gave remarks at a meeting organized by the Japan Center for Economic Research held at the Fuji Room in the hotel.  

08:16  

Left the hotel.  

08:22  

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

08:45 – 08:50  

Met with Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Fujii Takeshi; head of the Cabinet Secretariat Office for Promotion of Countermeasures against Novel Coronavirus Infections Sakoi Masami; and MIC Director-General of the Local Public Finance Bureau Maeda Kazuhiro.  

08:54 – 09:20  

Met with LDP Acting Secretary-General Kamikawa Yoko.  

09:21 – 09:42  

Met with Director Miyazawa Hiroyuki of the LDP National Defense Division, Chairperson Onodera Itsunori of the LDP Research Commission on Security, and others.  

09:43 – 09:59  

Received a written request from Kushiro City Mayor Ebina Hiroya and Nemuro City Mayor Ishigaki Masatoshi concerning measures to mitigate a tsunami that could be caused by an earthquake in the Chishima Trench. House of Representatives member Suzuki Takako of the LDP was present.  

10:01 – 10:07  

Held an extraordinary Cabinet meeting.  

10:17  

Left the Kantei.  

10:21  

Arrived at the LDP headquarters. Met with LDP Vice-Present Aso Taro and Secretary-General Motegi Toshimitsu.  

11:20  

Left the headquarters.  

11:22  

Arrived at the Kantei.  

11:30 – 11:37  

Attended a Policy Roundtable of the Government and Ruling Parties.  

11:49  

Left the Kantei  

11:53  

Arrived at the Zenkoku Choson Kaikan hotel west building in Tokyo’s Nagatacho district. Attended and delivered a speech at the LDP Kishida faction meeting.  

12:20  

Left the hotel.  

12:32  

Arrived at the Keidanren Kaikan building in Tokyo’s Otemachi district. Attended and delivered a speech at a meeting of the Japan Business Federation Councilors.  

13:01  

Left the building.  

13:12  

Arrived at the Kantei.  

13:46 – 13:53  

Met with Ishikawa Prefecture Wajima City Council member Tamaoka Ryoei and others. House of Representatives member Nishida Shoji of the LDP was present.  

13:57 – 14:12  

Held a meeting of the National Council for the Promotion of Disaster Prevention.  

14:31  

Left the Kantei.  

14:50  

Arrived at the Sento Kari Gosho temporary Imperial residence in Tokyo’s Takanawa district. Attended the celebration of the birthday of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.  

15:06  

Left the residence.  

15:11  

Arrived at Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo’s Takanawa district. Attended and delivered a speech at a national seminar organized by the Jiji Press-affiliated Research Institute of Japan.  

16:27  

Left the hotel  

16:51  

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

16:52 – 17:17  

Met with former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.  

17:19  

Left the building.  

17:21  

Arrived at the Kantei.  

17:22  

Gave an interview to media outlets.  

17:45 – 18:16  

Held a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.  

18:30 – 18:39  

Met with National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Akiba Takeo; MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Director-General Okano Masataka; MOD Bureau of Defense Policy Director-General Masuda Kazuo; and Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Yamazaki Koji.  

18:52  

Left the Kantei.  

18:53  

Arrived at the Kotei.  

18:58  

Left the Kotei.  

19:05  

Arrived at the Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho hotel in Tokyo’s Kioicho district. Dined with Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu; and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Kihara Seiji, Isozaki Yoshihiko, and Kuryu Shunichi at Japanese restaurant “WASHOKU SOUTEN” in the hotel.

21:23  

Left the hotel.  

21:29  

Arrived at the Kotei.