@ The White House
The Vice President will be in Tokyo, Japan and Sendai, Japan. At 11:15 AM LOCAL TIME/10:15 PM August 22nd ET, Vice President Biden will meet with Prime Minister Naoto Kan. There will be a pool spray at the top of the meeting.
In the afternoon, Vice President Biden will travel to Sendai in the Tohoku region that was hardest hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency.
At 3:00 PM LOCAL TIME/2:00 AM ET, the Vice President will deliver remarks at the Sendai Airport on Japan?s recovery and reconstruction efforts. This event is OPEN PRESS.
In the evening, Vice President Biden will return to Tokyo.
@ Wall Street
New Home Sales (Jul.): Single-family home sales have been moving sideways in recent months. Single-family housing permits edged up 1% in July. Based on this reading, we project that new home sales inched up in July to a 314,000 annual rate (from 312,000 in June). The market for new homes is stuck at the bottom, and heading nowhere this year.
