On November 12, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper arrive in Japan for the APEC Summit. On November 13, Prime Minister Stephen Harper hosts a bilateral with Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, and with Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines, prior to the start of the APEC Summit in Yokohama, Japan. Stephen Harper meets with Junior Team Canada prior to the Summit. Later that day, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the APEC Summit in Yokohama, Japan. Stephen Harper meets with His Majesty Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. Prime Minister Stephen Harper participates in a working lunch. Stephen Harper greets Alan García, the President of Peru, prior to the start of the afternoon plenary session. Prime Minister Harper meets with the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet. An official family photo is taken. Stephen Harper meets with US President Barack Obama. Stephen Harper toasts with China's President Hu Jintao during an official dinner. Laureen Harper attends the official dinner. Stephen Harper walks to a working lunch with Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore. Stephen Harper greets Chilean President Sebastián Piñera prior to the start of the afternoon plenary session. In the evening, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen Harper, attend the official APEC dinner in Yokohama, Japan. Earlier that day, Laureen Harper and the APEC leader's spouses visit the Temple of Kencho-ji and the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan. On November 14, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, sign the Canada-Japan Joint Declaration on Political, Peace and Security Cooperation at the APEC Summit in Yokohama, Japan. Stephen Harper meets with John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and with Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand, at the APEC Summit. Stephen Harper makes closing remarks following the APEC Summit. On the same day, Laureen Harper visits the Sankei-en Garden in Yokohama, Japan, and poses for a family photo with the other spouses, all in traditional kimonos. Laureen Harper participates in a tea ceremony in a traditional kimono at the Sankei-en Garden in Yokohama, Japan. Laureen Harper visits the Japan Experience Exhibition at the Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Yokohama, Japan. Laureen Harper attends a luncheon hosted by Nobuko Kan at the Attimo Restaurant in Yokohama, Japan. Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper have an audience with their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper wave goodbye from the Airbus stairs at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Stephen Harper also bids farewell to Jonathan Fried, Ambassador of Canada to Japan. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Naoto Kan, Hassanal Bolkiah, Alan García, Nguyen Minh Triet, Nobuko Kan, Hu Jintao, John Key, Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Sebastián Piñera, Lee Myung-bak, Muhyiddin Yassin, Benigno Aquino III, Laureen Harper, Naoto Kan, Julia Gillard, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Japanese Akihito, Emperor of Japan, Japanese Michiko, Empress, consort of Akihito, Jonathan Fried.