In effort to curb costs, Imperial agency looks to scale down some facilities for Daijosai ceremony
The Imperial Household Agency plans to scale down the temporary Omi no Akusha facilities used in the Daijosai ceremony, one of the rites related to Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronement next year, from those used in the last such ceremony 30 years ago, informed sources ...
Lower House approves bill creating 10-day holiday in Japan around Imperial succession
The Lower House approved a bill Tuesday to designate a one-off national holiday period to celebrate next year's Imperial succession, creating a 10-day block of vacation for many from late April. Under the envisioned legislation, May 1 — when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends to the ...
Japan mulls inviting Trump after new Emperor's accession in May
The government is trying to arrange the meeting in a move that could make the U.S. president the first foreign guest to meet with him after the Imperial succession.
Question mark hangs over holiday reshuffles
The Diet passed a bill in June that will shift certain national holidays in 2020 to ease traffic congestion during the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Marine Day, which is usually the third Monday of July, will be moved to July 23, the day before ...
Japan to simplify court banquets celebrating new Emperor's ascension
The government decided to cut back on the number of court banquets, and to hold half of them in a buffet-style.
Japanese Cabinet OKs bill to make 10-day Golden Week holiday around 2019 Imperial succession
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to assign one-off holidays related to the Imperial succession next year, creating a 10-day Golden Week holiday period from late April. Once the bill clears the Diet, May 1 — the day when Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend ...
Japanese citizens to file lawsuit over taxpayer funding of new Emperor's enthronement rites
Group claims that funding what they deem as religious ceremonies out of public coffers violates the constitutional principle of separation of religion and state.
Japan mulls holding of celebration event next fall for new Emperor
Lawmakers and business leaders plan to hold an event next fall to celebrate the ascension of the new Emperor, political sources have said. The celebration will be one of a number of events held in 2019 after Crown Prince Naruhito accedes to the throne on ...
In a move that will create a 10-day Golden Week holiday period in 2019, the government plans to designate May 1, when the new Emperor is planned to ascend the throne, as a one-off holiday.
Emperor Akihito is set to step down on April 30, and the Emperor’s elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito, is scheduled to accede to the throne the following day.
LDP faces opposition from conservatives over prerelease of Japan's new era name
The government is struggling to set the specific timing for the announcement of the nation's new era name, ahead of its planned start on May 1 next year, with conservatives opposing release of the name before the era begins. The switch from the current Heisei ...
