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The New Year of January 1, 2022, which has just passed, is the most important day of the year for Japan, which has been fully Westernized since the Meiji Restoration, and the lunar month, which was once regarded as the first month, has also been seamlessly transplanted to the annual new calendar 1 yuan, from January 1 to 31, it is called the first month, and the previous lunar month has long been ignored.
Because of this, on this day, it can be called the most solemn festival of the year of the Japanese Imperial Family, which starts at 5:30 a.m. Japanese time, and the Japanese Emperor Naruhito will personally attend many celebrations, including sacrifices, and will not be idle for a day, and also accept New Year's congratulations from the Prime Minister, the President of the House of Representatives, the President of the House of Representatives, the President of the House of Councillors, and the envoys of various countries in Japan.
Compared with previous years, the most eye-catching part of this year's Japanese New Year's royal family activities is the emperor's only daughter Princess Aiko, who just celebrated her 20th birthday on December 1 last year, and will also appear in the royal family for the first time as an adult member of the royal family.
Princess Aiko, who appeared for the first time, was revered in the Order of Appearances at the New Year's Celebration Ceremony, which began at 11:00 a.m., following Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, and ahead of her uncle, Prince Fumihito Akishinomiya, the "heir" of the future Emperor of Japan.
On that day, Aiko, who attended the imperial family official event for the first time, wore a white dress, wore a medal, and held a fan, but in view of the fact that the Japanese people were suffering from the virus, like her mother Empress Masako, Princess Aiko and other female members of the Japanese royal family did not wear the laurels.
In the afternoon of the same day, Aiko also accepted the congratulations of the ambassadors to Japan, together with the members of the imperial family, and the Japanese people considered her to be very decent and exquisite in etiquette, and praised her a lot for her performance in her first official event.
However, on that day, Aiko's first official appearance was stolen by Prince Yuhito, the second heir to the Japanese throne. Although Yuhito, who is not yet an adult, is not eligible to attend the official activities of the imperial family, he is not idle on the first day of the new year, but he went to visit Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in costume, compared to his appearance in a suit, he was very concerned about his appearance in a traditional Japanese kimono.
Compared with previous new years, the adult female members of the Japanese imperial family are fewer Princess Mako, after she had married her commoner husband Kei Komuro and left the imperial family, thus losing the qualification to represent the Japanese imperial family in official activities. Not only that, but in the group photo of the families of the members of the imperial family announced by the Japanese Imperial Household Agency this year, there is no figure of Makoto in the group photo of the family of the Imperial Heir Akishinogu.
It should be pointed out that with the abdication of Emperor Akihito, the New Year group photo of the japanese imperial family members became a small family photo alone, and there were only 9 members in the family portrait of the Japanese imperial family members announced by the Imperial Household Agency, namely emperor Naruhito's family of three, emperor Akihito and empress Michiko, and the imperial heir Akishino Mihito family.
Now, with the number of adult members of the Imperial Family in Japan plummeting, some Japanese experts have called for a revision of the imperial model to give married members of the Imperial Family the right to retain their imperial status after marriage so that they can continue to represent the Japanese Imperial Family as special public officials.
In addition, nearly 80% of the Japanese people also support the future succession of Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Emperor Naruhito, to become the first empress in Japan's constitutional history.
Of course, in addition to the conservative forces in Japan, the heir to the throne is also a staunch opponent of the empress, and it is foreseeable that the succession of the Japanese throne will be carried out directly by himself and his son Yuhito, and the nominal third heir to the throne, Prince Masahito Tokijigu, the brother of Emperor Akihito, is now more than 80 years old, and there is only a theoretical possibility of inheriting the throne, in addition, there is no legally recognized heir to the throne in Japan.
Although Japan's future does not rule out allowing women to inherit the throne, the possibility of Princess Aiko becoming empress can be said to be minimal.