Prime Minister Naoto Kan attended the third meeting for consultations between the national and regional governments at the Prime Minister's Office.

Those attending the meeting on the national government's side were: Mr. Yoshito Sengoku, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty; Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, Minister of Finance; Mr. Satoshi Arai, Minister of State for National Policy; Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister of State for the New Public Commons; and Ms. RENHO, Minister of State for Government Revitalization. On the regional government's side were representatives of six regional organizations.

At the start of the meeting, the Prime Minister delivered an address, saying, "Based on the basic approach to transform the shape of our nation from one governed by centralized state authority to one governed by regional and local sovereignty, I would like to commit myself to the task while harnessing various contributions and opinions from everyone."