The Prime Minister in Action from May 2022

On May 31, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the seventh meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy in 2022 at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 31, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the eighth meeting of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 29, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida attended the citizens’ rally to demand the immediate return to Japan of all abductees at the same time held in Tokyo.

On May 28, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida visited Yamanashi Prefecture. Prime Minister Kishida visited the Yamanashi Maglev Test Track, followed by a visit to the Komekurayama Electric Power Storage Technology Research Site.

On May 27, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 26, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 26, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida attended a banquet for the 27th International Conference on The Future of Asia, held in Tokyo.

On May 26, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Thailand, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 25, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida attended a meeting of the Ministerial Council on the Monthly Economic Report and other relative issues at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 24, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the Quad Leaders’ Meeting with the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, the Honorable Anthony Albanese, MP, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 24, 2022 (local time), QUAD Leaders' Meeting TOKYO 2022

On May 23, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting and other events with the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America, at the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace.

On May 21, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida visited Kyoto Prefecture.

On May 20, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the seventh meeting of the Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 20, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida received a courtesy call at the Prime Minister’s Office from H.E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

On May 20, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the 26th meeting of the Strategic Headquarters for Space Development at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 16, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the 6th meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy in 2022 at the Prime Minister's Office.

On May 16, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida received a courtesy call from Ukrainian singer Tina Karol at the Prime Minister's Office.

On May 15, 2022, on the second day of his visit to Okinawa Prefecture, Prime Minister Kishida visited the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma and the site of the West Futenma Housing Area before visiting the Lower Plaza Housing area of Camp Zukeran and participating in a roundtable talk at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) to discuss education and research and industry-academia collaboration.

On May 14, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida visited Okinawa Prefecture.

On May 12, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held the 28th Japan-European Union (EU) Summit Meeting and other events with H.E. Mr. Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and H.E. Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 11, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a summit meeting and other events with H.E. Ms. Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, at the Prime Minister's Office.

On May 9, 2022, Prime Minister Kishida held a presentation ceremony of the Prime Minister’s certificate of appreciation for the Japanese teams who participated in the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, at the Prime Minister’s Office.

On May 9, 2022, the Prime Minister attended the G7 leaders’ video conference at the Prime Minister's Office.

On May 4, 2022 (local time), Prime Minister Kishida visited London in the United Kingdom and visited Japan House.

On May 3 and 4, 2022 (local time), Prime Minister Kishida visited the Italian Republic and the Vatican City State.

On May 1, 2022 (local time), Prime Minister Kishida visited Bangkok in the Kingdom of Thailand.

On April 30, 2022 (local time), Prime Minister Kishida visited Hanoi in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.