JAPAN GOVERNMENT TO HOLD ‘RIKKOSHI NO REI’ CEREMONY OF CROWN PRINCE IN NOVEMBER

Highlights –

• Japan government to hold ‘Rikkoshi no rei’ ceremony of Crown Prince in November.
• Imperial family’s Crown Prince Akishino will ascent to first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
• The ceremony was previously scheduled for April.
• The size of the imperial family has been decreasing under the 1947 Imperial House Law.

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