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PM Abe’s Wining & Dining with journalists – Takehiko Kambayashi
From “Te Elements of Journalism” by Bill Kovach & Tom Rosenstiel
Journalism’s first obligation is to te truth.
Its first loyalty is to citizens.
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Here is a list of media executives and journalists who have enjoyed wining and dining with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe since he took office in late December 2012. (sources:  Asahi Newspaper, Jiji Press.)
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura
Sankei Newspaper chairman Takehiko Kiyohara, Sankei president Takamitsu Kumasaka
At ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo, Unkai
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki and other journalists
At Japanese restaurant Hiranoya in Akasaka
Asahi Newspaper president Tadakazu Kimura
At Imperial Hotel Chinese restaurant Peking
Kyodo News agency president Satoshi Ishikawa
Nikkei business daily president Tsuneo Kita
At Imperial Hotel French restaurant Les Saison
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
At French restaurant Te Crescent
Publishing comapny Gentosha president Toru Kenjo and TV Asahi president Hiroshi Hayakawa
At Prime Minister’s Official Residence
Journalists who cover Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
Mainichi Newspaper president Yutaka Asahina
At Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Japanese restaurant Kinsui
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki and Asahi Newspaper commentator Takeshi Soga
When reporters asked Abe whether he likes Chinese food, Abe said, “I like it. It’s Japan-China friendship,” according to Jiji Press.
At Imperial Hotel banquet room Kusu
Jiji Press president Yutaka Nishizawa and Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe and NTV president Yoshio Okubo
At Prime Minister’s Official Residence
Monta Mino (Noriko Minorikawa), TBS talk show host
Chunichi Newspaper president Nobuaki Koide
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura
Newspapers’ and agencies’ commentators
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Rikyu
Kahoku Shimpo president Masahiko Ichiriki
Fukui Newspaper president Masahito Yoshida
Shinano Mainichi Newspaper president Sotaro Kosaka
Shizuoka Newspaper president Go Oishi
Kyoto Newspaper chairman and president Michikazu Shiraishi
At Hotel Okura Chinese restaurant Toh-Ka-Lin
At Prime Minister’s Official Residence
Yomiuri Newspaper commentator Keiko Iizuka
At Hotel Grand Palace restaurant Chiyoda
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
Will magazine editor Kazuyoshi Hanada
At Prime Minister’s Official Residence
A meeting at Hotel New Otani Garden Tower
Writer Naoki Hyakuta, Will magazine editor Kazuyoshi Hanada
Played golf with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
At Fujisakura Country Club
At Abe’s vacation home
Barbecue with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
Played golf with former Nikkei newspaper chairman Ryoki Sugita
At Narusawa Golf Club
At Hotel Mt. Fuji Banquet room Minuet
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists
At Ark Hills Club
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura
Chief correspondents who cover te Cabinet Office
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
Journalists from Japan’s major media who once covered Abe
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
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Wadakura
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, public broadcaster NHK commentator & talk show host Toshio Shimada
At Tameike Sanno, Chinese restaurant Heichinro
Yomiuri daily chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Hakata Izumi Akasaka
Sankei Newspaper chairman Takehiko Kiyohara, Sankei president Takamitsu Kumasaka
At Hotel De Mikuni
December 26 (te day Abe visited te Yasukuni Shrine)
News organizations’ political editors
At ANA Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo, Unkai
Yomiuri chairman Tsuneo Watanabe, Yomiuri president Kojiro Shiraishi
At Yomiuri headquarters View Lounge
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
At Takajo Kotobuki in Asakusa
Mainichi daily president Yutaka Asahina
Former NHK chairman Katsuji Ebisawa
Sankei daily chairman Takehiko Kiyohara
Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa
Mainichi daily honorary advisor Masato Kitamura
At Palace Hotel Tokyo, Banquet room Kikyo
Journalists who have covered Abe before
Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama
April 1 (Te day te government raised a sales tax to 8 percent from 5 percent.)
Journalists who cover premier Abe
At Akebonoya in Yotsuya
Journalists who served as political news editors
At Koshinho in Akasaka
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
Yoshio Okubo, NTV president
At NTV guest house
Shiro Tazaki, Jiji Press commentator
Toshio Shimada, NHK commentator & talk show host
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
At Prime Minister’s Office
Jiji Press president Yutaka Nishizawa, Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, executive secretary Yuji Watanabe
Ginza Ukai Tei “Premium Steaks & Grilled Dishes”
Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists
At Ark Hills Club
Publishing comapny Gentosha president Toru Kenjo and TV Asahi chairman and chief executive Hiroshi Hayakawa, TV Asahi president Shinichi Yoshida
At Prime Minister’s Official Residence
Jiji Press commentator Kiyotaka Kato and political journalist Yoshimasa Suenobu (former political news editor at TV Asahi)
At Ryugetsu-en (beef barbecue restaurant)
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
At Hotel Mt. Fuji Banquet room Minuet
Played golf with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper
At Fujisakura Country Club
Dinner with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper, some government officials at Nippon Foundation chairman Yohei Sasakawa’s vacation home
Started to play golf with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper, and some government officials at Fujisakura Country Club.
But a natural disaster in Hiroshima forced Prime Minister Abe to return to Tokyo.
Journalists who cover te Abe Cabinet
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
At Chinese restaurant Fureika
Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama and other journalists
At Ark Hills Club
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
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe
at Japanese restaurant Chiyoda, Hotel Grand Palace
Takayuki Tanaka, Yomiuri Newspaper political editor and others
Mainichi Newspaper president Yutaka Asahina
NTV president Yoshio Okubo, Nikkei Visual Images Inc president Teruto Akiyama
At Bar Swanky in Akasaka, Tokyo
Yomiuri newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe, Yomiuri newspaper editor Goro Hashimoto, Sankei newspaper chairman Takehiko Kiyohara, Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa, NHK Enterprises Inc president Tamaki Imai, critic Taro Yayama
At Yomiuri newspaper headquarters
NTV president Yoshio Okubo, former Kyodo News agency managing editor Kenji Goto
At Japanese restaurant Kurosawa
Chief correspondents who belong to cabinet office kisha (reporters’) club
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten in Akasaka
Jiji News agency commentator Shiro Tazaki, NHK commentator Toshio Shimada
At Japanese restaurant Asami in Ginza
Shoichi Oikawa, top advisor to te board of directors at Yomiuri newspaper group
At Sanpei, noodle restaurant in Akasaka
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as advisor to te board of directors at Sankei newspaper, and other government officials
At Japan Foundation chair Yohei Sasagawa’s vacation house in Yamanashi prefecture
Playing golf with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as director at Sankei newspaper
At Fuji Sakura Country Club in Yamanashi prefecture
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as director at Sankei newspaper
At Hotel Mt Fuji banquet room Minuet
Nikkei business daily chairman Tsuneo Kita
Nikkei business daily president Naotoshi Okada
At Imperial Hotel banquet room Ume
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, NHK commentator Toshio Shimada
At Kyoto Tsuyu Shabu Chiriri, Kyobashi branch
Journalists who cover Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
Yomiuri Newspaper chairman Tsuneo Watanabe, NHK Enterprises Inc president Tamaki Imai, critic Taro Yayama
Dinner at Yomiuri Newspaper headquarters
Jiji Press president Yutaka Nishizawa, Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, Jiji Press editor-in-chief Yuji Watanabe
At French restaurant Crown, Hotel Grand Palace “Authentic, traditional French cooking”
Sankei newspaper commentator Rui Abiru and Sankei newspaper political editor Takashi Arimoto
At Japanese restaurant Akasaka Zipangu
Yomiuri Newspaper political editor Takayuki Tanaka
At Japanese restaurant Gaien Umaya Shinanomachi
Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa, Nikkei political editor Kiyoyuki Uchiyama
At Japanese restaurant Kyouya
NTV president Yoshio Okubo, Nikkei Visual Images Inc president Teruto Akiyama and other journalists
At Chinese restaurant Higankaku
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, NHK commentator Toshio Shimada
At Kyoto Tsuyu Shabu Chiriri, Kyobashi branch
Journalists who cover te cabinet office
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as director at Sankei newspaper, some ministers, and others
At Japan Foundation chairman Yohei Sasagawa’s vacation house in Yamanashi prefecture
Playing golf with Fuji Media Holdings chairman Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as director at Sankei newspaper, and some ministers
Dinner at Hotel Mt. Fuji
Yomiuri newspaper editor-in-chief Tsuneo Watanabe, Yomiuri editorial board member Goro Hashimoto, Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama, Sankei newspaper president Takamitsu Kumasaka, Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa, critic Taro Yayama
Dinner at Yomiuri newspaper headquarters
Sankei newspaper commentator Rui Abiru
At Japanese restaurant Akasaka Zipangu
Yomiuri newspaper managing editor Takayuki Tanaka, Yomiuri political news editor Riichiro Maeki
At Japanese restaurant Akasaka Kobori
Nikkei business daily chairman Tsuneo Kita
Nikkei business daily president Naotoshi Okada
At Imperial Hotel banquet room Ume
Mainichi newspaper chairman Yutaka Asahina, Mainichi president Masahiro Maruyama
At Japanese restaurant Togo’s
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, NHK commentator Toshio Shimada
At Kyoto Tsuyu Shabu Chiriri, Kyobashi branch
Nikkei Visual Images Inc president Teruto Akiyama
At Japanese restaurant Torifuku
Yomiuri newspaper editor-in-chief Tsuneo Watanabe
At Japanese restaurant Chiyoda, Hotel Grand Palace
Yomiuri newspaper editor-in-chief Tsuneo Watanabe, Kyodo News agency president Masaki Fukuyama
Dinner at Yomiuri newspaper headquarters
Journalists who cover te prime minister’s office and te cabinet office
At Chinese restaurant Akasaka Hanten
Fuji Media Holdings Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as director at Sankei newspaper
At Japanese restaurant Akasaka Kobori
Yomiuri newspaper editor-in-chief Tsuneo Watanabe
At Japanese restaurant Chiyoda, Hotel Grand Palace
Sankei newspaper executive adviser Takehiko Kiyohara
At Austrian restaurant Ginza Habsburg
NTV president Yoshio Okubo,  Nikkei Visual Images Inc president Teruto Akiyama
At Chinese restaurant Hibiya Heichinrou
TV Asahi chairman and chief executive Hiroshi Hayakawa and TV Asahi director Hiroshi Shinozuka
At Japanese restaurant Akasaka Kobori
Yomiuri Newspaper editor Takayuki Tanaka, Yomiuri political editor Riichiro Maeki and others
At Japanese restaurant Umaizoo
Nikkei business daily chief editorial writer Yoichi Serikawa and political editor Kiyoyuki Uchiyama
Japanese restaurant Kozue at Park Hyatt Tokyo
Nikkei Visual Images Inc president Teruto Akiyama, Hiroshige Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroyuki Arai, a former upper house lawmaker and others
At Chinese restaurant Eirin
Jiji Press commentator Shiro Tazaki, public broadcaster NHK commentator & talk show host Toshio Shimada and others
Fuji Media Holdings executive managing advisor Hisashi Hieda, who also serves as executive managing advisor at Sankei newspaper, Yohei Sasakawa, chairman at Te Nippon Foundation, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, current deputy prime minister Taro Aso, Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, deputy cabinet secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura, Koichi Hagiuda, acting secretary general of te ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
At Sasakawa’s vacation home in Narusawa village, Yamanashi prefecture
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