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The enthronement of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako was attended by around 3,000 guests, including foreign dignitaries, and Japanese politicians, who were present for a proclamation ceremony at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 22 October 2019.
Representatives of 174 countries, including several heads of state and government, were reported to have attended.[1] Visiting foreign guests were hosted at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, and were also invited to attend bilateral meetings with the concurrent prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and a state banquet hosted by the new emperor.
Imperial family edit
- The Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino, the Emperor's brother and sister-in-law[2]
- Princess Mako of Akishino, the Emperor's niece
- Princess Kako of Akishino, the Emperor's niece
- The Former Princess Nori and Yoshiki Kuroda, the Emperor's sister and brother-in-law
- Other descendants of Emperor Shōwa
- The Prince and Princess Hitachi, the Emperor's paternal uncle and aunt
- The Former Princess Yori, the Emperor's paternal aunt
- The Former Princess Suga and Hisanaga Shimazu, the Emperor's paternal aunt and uncle
- Other descendants of Emperor Taishō
- The Prince Mikasa's family:
- Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, widow of the Emperor's first cousin once removed
- Princess Akiko of Mikasa, the Emperor's second cousin
- Princess Yōko of Mikasa, the Emperor's second cousin
- The Princess Takamado, widow of the Emperor's first cousin once removed
- Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, the Emperor's second cousin
- Former Princess Noriko of Takamado, the Emperor's second cousin
- Former Princess Ayako of Takamado and Kei Moriya, the Emperor's second cousin and her husband
- Former Princess Yasuko of Mikasa and Tadateru Konoe, the Emperor's first cousin once removed and her husband
- Former Princess Masako of Mikasa and Masayuki Sen, the Emperor's first cousin once removed and her husband
- Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, widow of the Emperor's first cousin once removed
Royal dignitaries edit
The Crown Prince of Bahrain (representing the King of Bahrain)[3]
The King and Queen of Belgium[4]
The King and Queen of Bhutan[4]
The Sultan of Brunei[5]
The King of Cambodia[7]
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark (representing the Queen of Denmark)[5]
The King of Eswatini[8]
The Crown Prince of Jordan (representing the King of Jordan)[6]
Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, former Prime Minister of Kuwait (representing the Emir of Kuwait)[9]
The King and Queen of Lesotho[10]
The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (representing the Prince of Liechtenstein)[6]
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg[5]
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia[5][6]
The Prince of Monaco[5]
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (representing the King of Morocco)[11]
The King and Queen of the Netherlands[4][5]
The Crown Prince of Norway (representing the King of Norway)[4][6]
Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister of Oman (representing the Sultan of Oman)[12]
The Emir of Qatar[9]
Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (representing the King of Saudi Arabia)[9]
The King and Queen of Spain[4]
The King of Sweden[5]
The King and Queen of Tonga[4][6]
Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (representing the Emir of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates)[13]
The Prince of Wales (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms)[14]
Non-royal dignitaries edit
Japan edit
- Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan[15]
- Yoshirō Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan (2000–2001)
- Junichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister of Japan (2001–2006)
- Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan (2007–2008)
- Tarō Asō, former Prime Minister of Japan (2008–2009)
- Yoshihiko Noda, former Prime Minister of Japan (2011–2012)
- Tadamori Ōshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Akiko Santō, President of the House of Councillors
- Naoto Ōtani, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Heads of state and government edit
Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, and First Lady Rula Ghani[16]
Ilir Meta, President of Albania[17]
Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia[18]
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, and First Lady Doris Schmidauer[19]
Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil[14][20]
Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic[21]
Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia[22]
Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland[23]
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany[23]
Jimmy Morales, President of Guatemala
János Áder, President of Hungary[23]
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland
Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, and First Lady Savita Kovind[24]
Alassane Ouattara, President of Ivory Coast
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta[25]
Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan
Egils Levits, President of Latvia
Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of Maldives
Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands[26]
David Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia[27]
Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Prime Minister of Mongolia, and Luvsandorjiin Bolortsetseg[28]
Milo Đukanović, President of Montenegro
Aung San Suu Kyi, State Councillor of Myanmar[14]
Lionel Aingimea, President of Nauru[29]
Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal[30]
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, and First Lady Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou[31]
Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan
Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine[32]
Thomas Remengesau Jr., President of Palau
Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama
Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, and partner Honeylet Avanceña[19]
Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania
Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa, and Masiofo Faʻamausili Leinafo[33]
Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore
Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia[34]
Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia[35]
Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, and Naraporn Chan-o-cha[36]
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan[37]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and First Lady Olena Zelenska[14][38]
Government representatives edit
Gabriela Michetti, Vice President of Argentina[23]
General David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia[23]
Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada[39]
Wang Qishan, Vice President of the People's Republic of China[14]
Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong (China)[40]
Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia[23]
Khaled al-Anani, Minister of Antiquities of Egypt[41]
Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, cardinal-deacon of San Paolo alla Regola (representing the Pope)[42]
Ma'ruf Amin, Vice President of Indonesia[43]
Laya Joneydi, Vice President for Legal Affairs of Iran[44]
Denis O'Donovan, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann (president of the Senate of Ireland)[45]
Elisabetta Casellati, President of the Senate of the Republic of Italy[46]
Lee Nak-yon, Prime Minister of South Korea[14]
Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico[47]
Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand[48]- Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman[12]
Hugo Velázquez Moreno, Vice President of Paraguay[23]
Francisco Petrozzi, Minister of Culture of Peru[23]
Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia[23]
Vincent Meriton, Vice President of Seychelles[49]
Mehmet Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey[50]
Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation of the United States[14]
Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay[23]
Former leaders edit
Mulatu Teshome, former President of Ethiopia[51]
Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France[52]
Nursultan Nazarbayev, former President and Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan[53]
Aníbal Cavaco Silva, former President of Portugal[54]
Diplomats edit
Frank Hsieh, Representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Japan[55]
Absences edit
- The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita did not attend the enthronement ceremony itself, being present only at a tea party reception held by Naruhito for members of foreign royal houses the day afterward.[5]
- The governments of Syria and North Korea, the latter of which does not maintain diplomatic relations with Japan, were not invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend.[56][1]
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Wagner famously attended an international event on behalf of Canada in 2019 when he appeared at the ceremony to throne Japanese emperor Naruhito.
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