New Secretary of the Imperial Household Agency, Mr. Nishimura, took office at December 17, 21:57

Mr. Yasuhiko Nishimura, who was newly appointed as the secretary of the Imperial Household Agency, spoke at a press conference and expressed his aspiration, "I want to do my best as a person in charge of the Imperial Household Agency who supports the Imperial Family."

Secretary Nishimura is 64 years old. He has served as a chief of police and a cabinet crisis manager, and has been deputy director of the Imperial Household Agency since September 2016.

On the 17th, in the morning, I attended the certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace / Palace, proceeded before the Emperor, and received a letter of appointment from the Secretary of Secretary.

And on the night of the 17th, I went to a press conference at the Imperial Household Office, and said, “I feel like I will be tightened again because of the weight of responsibility. I realized the weight of the imperial family, and I want to do my best as a person in charge of the Imperial Household Agency that supports the imperial family, "he said.

On top of that, Secretary Nishimura said that the government will start considering issues such as securing a stable succession of the throne, saying, “The state of the Imperial Family is an important issue that has a major impact on the way Japan is “I would like to refrain from expressing my opinion at this point in time,” he said. did.

Meanwhile, Shinichiro Yamamoto, who resigned as the secretary, also held a press conference and looked back on the succession of the emperor by the retirement of the emperor for the first time in about 200 years. “ I was honored and really happy to be able to serve the two emperors of the second emperor. ”

And before and after the succession of the throne, the feelings of gratitude and respect for the emperors and couples grew like a swell in the people, and the feelings of congratulations to the two men were spreading like a whirlpool. I was very impressed with that.