Feb. 23, 2022  

09:20 – 09:54  

Met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries Kihara Seiji, Isozaki Yoshihiko, and Kuryu Shunichi; National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Akiba Takeo; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Takahashi Kenichi; Director of Cabinet Intelligence Takizawa Hiroaki; Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mori Takeo; Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yamada Shigeo; and MOD Defense Policy Bureau Director-General Masuda Kazuo.  

09:56 – 10:05  

Gave an interview to media outlets.  

10:30  

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

10:40  

Arrived at the Imperial Palace. Arrived at the Imperial Palace. Attended a ceremony celebrating the Emperor’s birthday. 

11:08  

Left the Imperial Palace.  

11:18  

Arrived at the Kotei.  

12:15 -12:46  

Met with Special Advisor to the Cabinet Yamasaki Shiro and MHLW Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation Oshima Kazuhiro.  

13:06 – 16:59  

Met with Isozaki.  

17:00 – 17:30  

Met with Kihara; Isozaki; Akiba; Yamada; Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki Hiroshi; European Affairs Bureau Director-General Uyama Hideki; Economic Affairs Bureau Director Ono Keiichi; and METI Vice-Minister for International Affairs Hirose Naoshi.