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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule Jan 7-13, 2013
 
January 7, 2012 (MON)
AM 09:26 LDP Headquarters 
09:36 Give a speech in the new year ceremony 
10:05 LDP executives meeting 
10:41 Office 
11:02 Attends the Inauguration Ceremony for the General Secretariat for Japan's Economic Revival at Cabinet Office 
11:09 Office 
11:26 Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, Asia Development Bank President 
11:41 Mr. Kitamura, Director of Cabinet Intelligence; and Mr. Shimohira, Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center Director 
11:46 Mr. Shimohira leaves 
11:51 Mr. Kitamura leaves 
11:52 Mr. Furuya, Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue; Mr. Mitani, Deputy Director, Headquarters for the Abduction Issue 
PM 12:04 Liaison Meeting of the Government and Ruling Parties 
12:47 Meeting adjourns 
01:13 Keidanren Hall, Ootemachi, Tokyo; Petroleum Association of Japan New Year Party 
01:38 The Imperial Hotel, Uchisaiwaicho, Tokyo; 2013 New Year Party Jointly Hosted by the Three Economic Associations 
02:45 Office 
02:47 Mr. Aso, Minister of Finance; Mr. Manago, Administrative Vice Minister of Finance; Mr. Kinoshita, Director General, Budget Bureau, MoF; and Mr. Tanaka, Director General, Tax Bureau, MoF 
03:29 Mr. Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Mr. Matsumoto, Administrative Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; and Mr. Matsuyama, Deputy Minister of Cabinet Office 
04:09 2013 New Year Party by RENGO, at Hotel Lungwood, Nippori, Tokyo 
04:42 New Year Party by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, at Hotel Okura, Toranomon Tokyo, 
04:53 Office 
05:04 Mr. Fukushiro Nukaga, LDP member and former Minister of Finance; Mr. Kawamura, LDP Election Affairs Council Chief; and Mr. Ichiro Aisawa 
05:38 The Imperial Hotel, New Year Party by Jiji Press 
06:23 Dinner with Mr. Tsuneo Watanabe, Chair of Yomiuri Shimbun Group; and Mr. Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary, at a Japanese Restaurant Wadakura in Palace Hotel Tokyo, Marunouchi 
09:33 Home in Tomigaya 
January 8, 2013 (TUE) 
AM 09:30 Office 
09:32 Mr. Aso, Minister of Finance; and Mr. Manago, Administrative Vice Minister of Finance 
09:48 Mr. Furuya, National Public Safety Commission Chair 
10:05 The First Cabinet Meeting in 2013 
10:24 Headquarters for Japan?s Economic Revival 
10:51 Courtesy Call from the President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), Mr. Tsunekazu Takeda, Olympians and Paralympians; Mr. Shimomura, Minister of Education attends 
11:07 Mr. Shimomura and Mr. Toshiaki Endo, LDP Lower House member 
11:51 Mr. Takuji Yanagimoto, Former DPJ Lower House member 
PM 12:31 Mr. Yanagimoto leaves 
02:20 Mr. Kishida, Minister of Foreign Affairs 
02:32 Mr. Nemoto, Minister of Reconstruction 
03:12 Mr. Shimomura, Minister of Education 
03:48 Mr. Onodera, Minister of Defense; and Mr. Kanazawa, Administrative Vice Minister of Defense 
04:47 The Prime Minister Receives a Greeting from the Representatives of the Six Regional Organizations 
05:31 Receives a Request from the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Mr. Hirokazu Nakaima; Mr. Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary, attends 
05:41 All leave 
07:00 Dinner with Mr. Takehiko Kiyohara, Chairman of the Sankei Shimbun and Mr. Takamitsu Kumasaka, President of the Sankei Shimbun, at a Japanese Restaurant Unkai in ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo 
09:29 Home in Tomigaya 
January 9, 2013 (WED) 
AM 09:13 Office 
09:23 Mr. Sugiyama, Director-General, Asia Oceania Affairs Bureau, MoFA 
10:31 Interview with Tokyo Chunichi Shimbun 
11:26 Radio program recording for government PR 
PM 12:00 Phone conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Mr. Saiki, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Hiramatsu, Policy Bureau Director General, MoFA, attend 
12:21 Mr. Saiki 
12:28 Mr. Saiki leaves 
02:00 Photo shoot with Mr. Junnichi Ishii, LDP Upper House member 
02:15 Mayor Masato Matsuura of Houfu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture 
02:31 Courtesy Call from the Chairman of the South Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' League and Others 
03:19 Governor Yuhei Sato of Fukushima Prefecture 
03:54 Hotel New Ootani in Kioicho; New Year Party by the Japan Productivity Center 
04:55 Phone conference with President Hollande of France 
05:10 Ms. Takaichi, LDP Policy Research Council Chief 
05:32 Mr. Yoshitake Yokokura, President of Japan Medical Association 
05:44 Issue appointment letters to the members of Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, including Professor Motoshige Ito of the University of Tokyo Graduate School 
06:01 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy 
07:00 Council adjourns 
07:02 Mr. Aso, Minister of Finance 
07:31 Mr. Kawai, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Saiki; Mr. Iahra, Director General, North American Affairs Bureau, MoFA; and Mr. Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary 
08:26 Dinner with PM?s Advisors at a Japanese Barbecue Restaurant Ryugetsuen, Yotsuya, Tokyo 
10:47 Home in Tomigaya 
January 10, 2013 (THU) 
AM 09:00 Office 
09:07 Mr. Aso, Minister of Finance; Mr. Manago, Administrative Vice Minister of Finance; and Mr. Kinoshita, Budget Bureau Director General, MoF; Mr. Tanaka, Tax Bureau Director General, MoF; and Mr. Furusawa, Financial Bureau Director General, MoF 
09:52 Mr. Amari, Minister of Economic Revitalization; Mr. Matsumoto, Administrative Vice Minister of Cabinet Office; and Mr. Matsuyama, Deputy Minister of Cabinet Office 
10:15 Mr. Kawai, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Saiki, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 
10:58 Mr. Sugiyama, Director General, Asia Oceania Affairs Bureau, MoFA, Joins 
11:36 All leave 
PM 12:10 NPY/YPO New Year Party at Hotel New Ootani 
12:36 New Year Party by the All Japan Association of Confectionary Manufacturers 
12:52 Office 
01:12 Reconstruction Promotion Council 
01:54 Mr.Kawai, Administrative Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 
02:16 Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi Prefecture; Mr. Onodera, Minister of Defense and Mr Akiba, Senior Vice Minister of Reconstruction, also attend 
02:26 Mr. Nemoto, Minister of Reconstruction 
02:40 Mr. Nemoto leaves 
03:30 Mr. Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General 
03:59 New Year Party by the Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations 
04:18 Office 
04:30 Governor Shigetaro Yamamoto of Yamaguchi Prefecture; Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda of Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi; Mr. Shungaku Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Chair; Mr. Nobuo Kishi (Abe?s brother) also attends 
05:03 The Meeting of the Government and Ruling Parties Council on the Urgent Economic Countermeasures for the Revival of the Japanese Economy 
05:45 Mr. Yonemura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management; and Mr. Kitamura, Director of Cabinet Intelligence 
06:22 Interview with Nikkei 
07:01 Interview ends 
07:40 Dinner with press people at a Japanese Restaurant Yoranoke in Akasaka 
09:54 Home in Tomigaya 
January 11, 2013 (FRI) 
AM 08:29 Office 
08:39 Mr. Kato and Mr. Sekou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretaries 
09:18 Headquarters for Japan's Economic Revival 
09:34 Ministerial Meeting 
09:51 Press Conference 
10:45 Haneda Airport 
11:17 Leave Haneda Airport on ANA Flight 21; Mr. Sekou accompanies 
PM  *Visit Osaka Prefecture 
12:05 Arrive at Itami Airport 
12:39 Hotel New Ootani Osaka; Mayor Tooru Hashimoto of Osaka and President of Nihon Ishin no Kai; and Governor Ichiro Matsui of Osaka 
01:10 Yomiuri TV, Chuo Ward, Osaka; TV program shooting 
02:18 Program shooting ends 
03:13 The Advanced Institute for Computer Science; Greeted by Governor Toshizou Ido of Hyogo and Dr. Ryoji Noyori, President of RIKEN, Nobel Price Laureate 
03:49 RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology; meeting with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka 
03:52 Press interviews 
05:46 Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture; visit Tokuhatsu Sankyo Co., Ltd., a metal processing company 
05:53 Converse with mid and small enterprises managers; Mr. Suzuki, Director of Mid and Small Size Enterprises Agency; and Mr. Sekou 
06:32 Itami Airport 
07:13 Leave Itami on ANA Flight 38 
07:56 Arrive at Haneda Airport 
08:46 Home of Mr. Tadashi Yanai, President and CEO of First Retaling, Shibuya, Tokyo 
10:33 Home in Tomigaya 
January 12, 2013 (SAT) *Visit Miyagi Prefecture 
AM 07:42 JR Tokyo Station 
07:56 Leave the station on Hayate bullet train #103 
09:37 Arrive at JR Sendai Station 
09:45 Leave Sendai Station; Mr. Nemoto, Minister of Reconstruction accompanies 
10:51 Ship builidng company Yamanishi in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture; Greeted by Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi and Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama of Ishinomaki 
11:30 Nippon Paper Ishinomaki Factory 
PM 12:03 Fish processing company Suishin, Ishinomaki 
01:38 Lunch at Takekoma Shrine; greeted by Mayor Tsuneaki Iguchi of Iwanuma City, Miyagi 
02:24 Observing construction work for the development of areas for group transfer for disaster prevention; Iwanuma city 
02:53 Watari Machi, Miyagi; a home of a disaster victim 
03:05 Press interview 
03:16 Watari Machi; Temporary housing; greeted by Mayor Kunio Saito of Watari 
03:36 Meeting with the temporary housing residents 
04:22 Press interview 
05:28 JR Sendai Station 
07:26 Arrive at JR Tokyo Station 
08:00 Home in Tomigaya 
January 13, 2013 (SUN) 
AM 08:30 NHK Chiyoda Broadcasting Hall, Kioicho, Tokyo 
09:01 Appear on a news program 
09:51 Home in Tomigaya 
11:09 Meiji Jingu Shrine with Mrs. Akie Abe; Mr. Koichi Hagyuda, LDP Lower House Member accompanies 
11:47 Press Interview 
PM 12:02 Home 
01:56 Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Roppongi; Exercise at Nagomi Spa and Fitness in the hotel 
05:38 Home 
06:05 Dinner with Mr. Arai, Secretary General of New Renaissance Party 
08:56 Mr. Arai leaves  
  
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