2013, 2014 Abe’s dining & wining with journalists, media executives

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s dining & wining with journalists, TV commentators and media executives since he took office on December 26, 2012

Dining & Wining from January 2013 to December 2014
(sources:  newspapers, agencies in Japan.)

2013

January 7

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura

January 8

With Sankei Newspaper chair Takehiko Kiyohara, Sankei president Takamitsu Kumasaka

At ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo, Unkai

January 10

With Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki and other journalists

At Japanese restaurant Hiranoya in Akasaka

February 7

With Asahi Newspaper president Tadakazu Kimura

At Imperial Hotel Chinese restaurant Peking

February 15
With Kyodo News agency president Satoshi Ishikawa
At Japanese restaurant Kochuan

March 8
With Nikkei business daily president Tsuneo Kita
At Imperial Hotel French restaurant Les Saisons

March 13
With journalists (from the mainstream media)

At Ark Hills Club

March 15
With Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda
At French restaurant The Crescent

March 22

With publishing comapny Gentosha president Toru Kenjo and TV Asahi president Hiroshi Hayakawa

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

March 24
With Birei Kin, author and commentator

At Hotel De Mikuni

March 25
With journalists (from the mainstream media) who cover Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten

March 28

With Mainichi Newspaper president Yutaka Asahina

At Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Japanese restaurant Kinsui

April 4

With Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki and Asahi Newspaper commentator Takeshi Soga

When reporters asked Abe if he liked Chinese food, Abe said, “I like it. It’s Japan-China friendship,” according to Jiji Press.

At Tameike-Sanno Heichinro

April 5

With NTV president Yoshio Okubo

At Imperial Hotel banquet room Kusu

May 7

With Jiji Press president Yutaka Nishizawa and Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura

May 8

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe and NTV president Yoshio Okubo

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

May 10

With Monta Mino (Noriko Minorikawa), TBS talk show host

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

May 14

With Chunichi Newspaper president Nobuaki Koide

At French restaurant Saiki

May 15

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura

June 12

With newspapers’ and agencies’ commentators

At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Rikyu

June 20

With

Kahoku Shimpo president Masahiko Ichiriki

Fukui Newspaper president Masahito Yoshida

Shinano Mainichi Newspaper president Sotaro Kosaka

Shizuoka Newspaper president Go Oishi

Kyoto Newspaper chair and president Michikazu Shiraishi

At Hotel Okura Chinese restaurant Toh-Ka-Lin

June 25

With journalist Yoshiko Sakurai

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

July 1

With Yomiuri Newspaper commentator Keiko Iizuka

At Hotel Grand Palace restaurant Chiyoda

July 22

With Jiji Press commentator Kiyotaka Kato and journalist Kenji Goto, former Kyodo News agency editor and former anchorman at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television

At Japanese restaurant Kurosawa

July 24

With journalists from Japan’s major media

At Akasaka Zipangu

August 2

With Will magazine editor Kazuyoshi Hanada

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

August 6

“meeting” at Hotel New Otani Garden Tower

With writer Naoki Hyakuta, Will magazine editor Kazuyoshi Hanada

August 16

Played golf with Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

At Fujisakura Country Club

At Abe’s vacation home

Barbecue with Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

August 18

Played golf with former Nikkei newspaper chair Ryoki Sugita

At Narusawa Golf Club

At Hotel Mt. Fuji Banquet room Minuet

With Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

August 22

With Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists

At Ark Hills Club

September 10

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura

September 12

With reporters who cover the Cabinet Office

At Akasaka Hanten

October 17

With journalists from Japan's major media who once covered Abe

At Akasaka Zipangu

November 13

With journalist Yoshimasa Suenobu, former TV Asahi political editor who is now professor at economic department at Chuo University

Toru Kenjo, president of publishing company Gentosha Inc

Dentsu president Tadashi Ishii

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

December 2

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura

December 16

With Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, public broadcaster NHK commentator & talk show host Toshio Shimada

At Tameike Sanno, Heichinro

December 19

With Yomiuri daily chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Hakata Izumi Akasaka

December 20

With Sankei Newspaper chair Takehiko Kiyohara, Sankei president Takamitsu Kumasaka

At Hotel De Mikuni

December 26 (the day Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine)

With news organizations’ political editors

At ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo, Unkai

2014

January 17

With Yomiuri chair Tsuneo Watanabe, Yomiuri president Kojiro Shiraishi

At Yomiuri headquarters View Lounge

January 29

With Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

At Takajo Kotobuki in Asakusa


February 3
With Mainichi daily president Yutaka Asahina

At Shunpanro Tokyo

February 18

With

Former NHK chair Katsuji Ebisawa

Sankei daily chair Takehiko Kiyohara

Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa

Mainichi daily honorary advisor Masato Kitamura

At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Banquet room Kikyo

February 21

With journalists from Japan's major media who have covered Abe before

At Akasaka Zipangu

March 27

With Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama

At Shunpanro Tokyo

April 1

With journalists who cover premier Abe

At Akebonoya in Yotsuya

April 2

With journalists who served as political editors

At Koshinho in Akasaka

April 17

Takamasa Koshimune, Sanyo Shimbun president

Jiro Yamamoto, Chugoku Shimbun chairman

Tsunemasa Yamane, San-in Chuo Shimpo chairman

Takao Kawasaki, Nishinippon Shimbun president

Takeshi Nagano, Oita Godo Shimbun president

Eiichi Izu, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun president

At Higankaku, Chinese restaurant

May 13
Yoshio Okubo, NTV president
At NTV guest house

May 15
Shiro Tazaki, Jiji Press commentator

Toshio Shimada, NHK commentator & talk show host

and other journalists

At Shimada zushi

June 13

With Yomiuri Newspaper chair Tsuneo Watanabe

At Prime Minister’s Office

June 18

With Jiji Press president Yutaka Nishizawa, Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, executive secretary Yuji Watanabe

Ginza Ukai Tei “Premium Steaks & Grilled Dishes”

June 20
With Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists

At Ark Hills Club

July 4

With publishing comapny Gentosha president Toru Kenjo and TV Asahi chair and chief executive Hiroshi Hayakawa, TV Asahi president Shinichi Yoshida

At Prime Minister’s Official Residence

August 11

With Jiji Press commentator Kiyotaka Kato and political journalist Yoshimasa Suenobu (former political editor at TV Asahi)

At Ryugetsu-en (beef barbecue restaurant)

August 17

With Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

At Hotel Mt. Fuji Banquet room Minuet

August 19

Played golf with Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda

At Fujisakura Country Club

Dinner with Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda, some government officials at Nippon Foundation chair Yohei Sasakawa’s vacation home

August 20

Started to play golf with Fuji TV chair Hisashi Hieda, some government officials at Fujisakura Country Club.

but a natural disaster forced Prime Minister Abe to interrupt a game and return to Tokyo

October 10
With journalists who cover the Abe Cabinet
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten

October 27
with female journalists
at Chinese restaurant Fureika

October 31 

With Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists

At Ark Hills Club

December 16
With Shiro Tazaki, Jiji Press commentator
Toshio Shimada, NHK commentator & talk show host
and other commentators and editors from Asahi, Nihon Keizai, Yomiuri, Mainichi newspapers and NTV
at Shimada sushi restaurant