Mr. Akishinomiya Today "Rikkoshi no Rei" at the Imperial Palace and Palace November 8th, 4:30
On the 8th, the "Rikkoshi no Rei" will be held at the Imperial Palace and Palace to widely inform both inside and outside of Japan that Akishinomiya has become the "crown prince" who has become the number one successor to the throne. ..
"Rikkoshi no Rei" basically follows the "Rittai no Rei" of His Majesty the Emperor in 1991, and is a national act stipulated by the Constitution, "Rikkoshi no Reikko". Two ceremonies, "Shisenmei no ritual" and "Choken no ritual," will be held at the "Matsu no Ma" in the Imperial Palace and Palace.
Initially scheduled for April 19th this year, it was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
On the 8th, from 11:00 am, at the central ceremony of "Rikkoshi no Rei", His Majesty the Emperor widely declares that Akishinomiya has become a "crown prince" inside and outside the "Rikkoshi no Rei". The ceremony is held.
In this, Mr. Akishinomiya will give a word to express his determination as a "crown prince", and Prime Minister Suga will give a congratulatory word.
In addition, from 4:30 pm, the "Asami Ceremony" will be held where His Majesty the Emperor will officially meet Mr. Akishinomiya for the first time after the "Rikkoshi no Reimei Ceremony".
Mr. Akishino will give thanks to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, and the words they will give to Mr. and Mrs. Akishino.
When the two ceremonies are completed, all the ceremonies of the country following the succession of the throne from the Emperor to His Majesty the Emperor, which began with the "Ceremony of the Retirement Ceremony" in April last year, will end.
Congratulations in Thailand
Congratulations were also heard in Thailand, Southeast Asia, where Mr. Akishinomiya had visited many times to study birds and fish.
Mr. Akishinomiya has visited Thailand frequently to study birds and fish, and proposed and participated in an international joint research between Japan and Thailand on chickens.
In 2005, Chomnard Citysan, Dean of the Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Letters, Chulalongkorn University, who participated in this joint research and also acted as an interpreter for Prince Akishino, visited a rural village where Thai minorities live with Prince Akishino, and how to raise chickens. We conducted an interview survey on.
Mr. Chomnard recalled, "I thought that Mr. Akishinomiya was a diligent person who could remember the names of Thai people once he met him. He is fluent in English, but he is not good at English at meetings. He was always very considerate, with an interpreter, so that people could speak easily. "
He added, "I learned all the types of chickens and the names of hunting tools in Thai, and I was enthusiastic about research and very knowledgeable. I felt that I was a scholar."
And, as a message to Mr. Akishinomiya, "I think that I will be in a new position and will bear even more heavy responsibility. If you have time, please come to Thailand and interact with fellow researchers. I think. "