A video message of His Majesty the Emperor's New Year will be released at 5:30 am on New Year's Day as the New Year's general public touring is not held to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Every year on the 2nd of New Year, the New Year's general public touring is held at the Imperial Palace, and His Majesty the Emperor stood on the veranda of the palace and spoke his words, but next year it will not be held to prevent the spread of infection.
Along with this, His Majesty the Emperor is supposed to state the New Year's words in a pre-recorded video message, and the Imperial Household Agency will set the Emperor's New Year's activities at 5:30 am on New Year's Day. , I decided to publish it on the homepage.
This is the first time that His Majesty the Emperor has sent a video message to the public, and it will be integrated with the New Year's impressions written on New Year's Day.
The video message by the emperor was issued twice in the Heisei era, immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake and when the emperor expressed his intention to abdicate.