I was busy all day long today. I left my home at 7:30 in morning and went to the National Cancer Center Tokyo Central Hospital by riding on subway. I consulted with Doctor Naoki Matsuoka of urology and also with Doctor Minako Sumi of radiotherapy. The results of September 10th's test were as follows: Number of white blood cells has recovered well, and also the number of red blood cells became the highest since the day when I got the first test at this hospital. PSA was 0.29, a bit higher than the last time, but both of them told me no need to worry about it. I got back to my home past 10:00.
After I took a light lunch, I visited two banks in Ohtemachi by driving my Prius. I drove back to the Welfare Center at Shirokane-dai and renewed my silver pass (a special pass for aged Metropolitan issued by the Tokyo Metropolitan goverment) and came back to my home.
I changed my wears and started to prepare myself for going to the Health Club. At the very moment, Mr. Jyunji Uwano, a class mate, called me and said that he would like to see me at the earliest occasion. He arranged to meet me together with Mr. Hiroshi Iino, another classmate, at 4:30 in Azabu-Jyuban. I went down to JR Tamachi station and bought round trip tickets to Nagoya for my travel there on September 20, 2002. People were waiting in long line for their turn at ticket counters as it was the first business day after long holidays. I delayed by three minutes to arrive at Azabu-Jyuban. A barbecued eel shop where we expected to get together was closed regularly on Tuesday. So we moved to Higashi Ginza by taking subway trains on Ohedo line and Asakusa line.
We dropped in the main shop of Edogin sushi bars. The master of shop was out this evening, but a receptionist and a few cooks, with whom I acquainted, prepared sushi for us. We sat around a table and took them while we had discussions. Mr, Uwano was wondering how to manage the Kurosuna-kai because it had too much saving now, amounting to more than 400,000 yen. I was tempted by them to take cups of sake to the extent I have never experienced for years. Usually the shop was full with customers after six but today there were a few empty tables. I could not understand whether people were fixed on TV news about prime minister Jyunichiro Koizumi's visit to North Korea or it was due to the deflation.
When I came back to my home about 7:30, TV news reported that Chairman of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK ) National Defense Commission Kim Jong-II, admitted the abduction of Japanese nationals at a meeting with Premier Jyunihciro Koizumi of Japan and said that six of 11 Japanese nationals who were registered by the Japanese government as those abducted to North Korea were already dead and that the total of eight Japanese nationals were dead by adding the other two Japanese nationals. I was really astonished to hear it and I immediately felt anger in the issues. An American reporter who followed Premier Koizumi from Tokyo reported that he never expected the the Chairman admitted the incidents of abduction.