2024-08-13 21:25:00
On the evening of the 13th, a total of 66 Japanese athletes who won medals at the Paris Olympics visited the Prime Minister's Official Residence to report on their achievements at the tournament to Prime Minister Kishida.
2024-08-13 21:16:00
On the 13th, Prime Minister Kishida spoke by telephone with Mongolian Prime Minister Oyon-Erdene, who canceled his visit to the country in order to ensure that all possible measures were taken to respond to the earthquake, and conveyed that his intention to place importance on relations between the two countries and to further strengthen them remains unchanged.
2024-08-13 19:11:00
As stock prices continue to fluctuate volatilely, the ruling and opposition parties have agreed that the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee will hold a closed-session hearing on the 23rd of this month, inviting Finance Minister Suzuki and Bank of Japan Governor Ueda to attend.
2024-08-13 15:56:00
As stock prices continue to fluctuate volatilely, the ruling and opposition parties have agreed that the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee will hold a closed-session hearing on the 23rd of this month, inviting Finance Minister Suzuki and Bank of Japan Governor Ueda to attend.
2024-08-13 15:11:00
Members of a cross-party group of lawmakers, including former LDP Secretary-General Ishiba, who is visiting Taiwan, met with President Lai Ching-te and exchanged views on how to prepare for a so-called "Taiwan emergency" amid China's strengthening hegemonic moves.
2024-08-13 09:46:00
(Prime Minister Kishida's activities, August 12, 2024) 11:27 Departs the Official Residence on foot. 11:28 Arrives at the Official Residence. 11:29 Meets with Hayashi Yoshimasa, Murai Hideki, Moriya Hiroshi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kuriu Shunichimasa, Minister of Disaster Management Matsumura Yoshifumi, Cabinet Crisis Management Deputy Kojima Hirofumi, Cabinet Office Deputy Director-General for Policy Takahashi Kenji, Fujimaki Hiroyuki, Director-General of the Water and Disaster Management Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Mori Takashi, Commissioner-General of the Japan Meteorological Agency (until 11:46). 12:02 Interviews with media organizations begin. 12:04 Interviews end. Departure from the official residence on foot at 12:05. Arrived at the official residence at 14:59. Had a telephone conversation with President Rahmon of Tajikistan (until 15:12). Had a telephone conversation with President Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan (until 15:40). (Kishida's Activities, August 11, 2024). Spent the whole day at the official residence (Kishida's Activities, August 10, 2024). Spent the whole day at the official residence (Kishida's Activities, August 9, 2024). Departure from the official residence at 06:54. Arrived at Haneda Airport at 07:17. Departure from Haneda Airport at 07:44. Departure from Haneda Airport on Japan Airlines Flight 605 at 09:03. Arrived at Nagasaki Airport at 09:06. Met with former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kaneko Genjiro and others (until 09:20). Departure from Haneda Airport at 10:05. Arrived at Nagasaki Peace Park at 10:45. Attended the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Peace Ceremony, laid flowers and gave speeches (until 11:50). 11:53 Departed from the same place. 11:59 Arrived at Hotel New Nagasaki in the same city. Had lunch at the Tancho-no-Ma banquet room in the same hotel. 12:31 Attended a meeting to hear requests from atomic bomb survivors' groups and others at the Houou-kaku East banquet room in the same hotel. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Keizo Takemi also attended (until 13:10). 13:11 Talked with representatives of atomic bomb survivors' groups (until 13:13). 13:18 Press conference held at the Houou-kaku West banquet room in the same hotel (until 13:34). 13:41 Departed from the same place. 14:05 Arrived at Megumi-no-Oka Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Home in the same city. Visited residents. Accompanied by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Takemi, 14:17 Departed Nagasaki 14:56 Arrived at Nagasaki Airport 15:18 Departed Nagasaki Airport on Government Plane 16:41 Arrived at Haneda Airport 16:56 Departed Nagasaki Airport 17:43 Arrived at Prime Minister's Office 17:45 Met with Yoshimasa Hayashi, Hideki Murai, Hiroshi Moriya, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shunichi Kuriu, Minister of Disaster Management Matsumura Yoshifumi, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Kojima Hirofumi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Sakata Wataru, Director of Cabinet Intelligence Hara Kazuya, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Recovery and Reconstruction Assistance Nagahashi Kazuhisa, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Policy Takahashi Kenji, Commissioner of the Japan Meteorological Agency Mori Takashi, and Nuclear Regulation Agency Chief Technical Officer Ichimura Tomoya (until 18:29). 18:58 Recorded a video message for the Central Asia plus Japan Business Forum (until 19:02). 19:13 Telephone conversation with President Tokayev of Kazakhstan (until 19:23). 19:42 Telephone talk with Uzbekistan's President Mirziyoyev (until 19:52) 20:04 Interviews with media companies (until 20:09) 20:10 Departure from the official residence on foot 20:11 Arrival at the official residence
2024-08-13 09:05:00
In this year's national civil service examination, the percentage of women who passed was 43%, the highest ever. However, the ratio of applicants to positions was 3.2, the same as last year, which was the lowest on record, and the number of applicants for technical positions fell below the quota for the first time, indicating a continuing shortage of people to become civil servants.
