Audiences, Tea and Other Meetings (2006)
| Date |
Granted by |
Occasion |
Place |
Remarks |
| Jan.16 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the members of and the persons involved in the Japan Disaster Relief Team) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jan.23 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the recipients of the Emperor’s Cup at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Festival) and Appreciation (the exhibits of achievements and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Feb.13 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the recipients of the 34th Distinguished Services in Medical Care Award commended by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Feb.16 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the chief public prosecutors and others participating in the National Superintending Prosecutors and Chief Public Prosecutors Meeting) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the attendees of the 192nd Board of Directors Meeting of the Japan Federation of Primary School Principals Association) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Mar.1 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the Senior Overseas Volunteers and others) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Mar.2 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the representatives of the reform officials of the Ministry of Justice commended by the Minister of Justice and the President of the Association for Reform) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Mar.6 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the chief priests and others of the Gokoku Shrines) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (nationwide the police officials of excellence commended by the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Mar.9 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the 15th Class students of the inspector appointment course of the National Police Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Apr.17 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Tea (the officers of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Apr.20 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the persons of excellent performance in postal business commended by the President of the Japan Post) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| May9 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Grand Cordon and other Orders) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| May10 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May11 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May12 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the prizewinners and others of the 20th Winter Olympic Games) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May15 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May16 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May17 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| May24 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the Prime Minister, the attendants involved in Their Majesties’ visit abroad, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| May25 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the city council chairpersons and others participating in the 82nd General Meeting of the National Association of Chairpersons of City Councils) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| May29 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the prizewinners and others of the Torino Winter Paralympic Games) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jun.23 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the scholars of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Jun.26 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (this year’s awardees, new members and others of the Japan Art Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jun.28 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the 16th Class students of the inspector appointment course of the National Police Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jun.29 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the chief priests and others of the Shinto shrines and the Imperial Ceremony shrines) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jul.3 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (this year’s awardees, new members and others of the Japan Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jul.4 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the persons of distinguished services in Their Majesties' visit abroad) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Jul.6 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (nationwide the Chiefs of District Courts and Domestic Courts, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Sep.4 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the Chairperson of the Joint Staff Council and others attending the Self Defense Force High-Ranking Staff Meeting) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Sep.11 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the 17th Class students of the inspector appointment course of the National Police Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Sep.22 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the members of the Japan Youth Overseas Expeditionary Party) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Sep.25 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the foreign nationals invited by the Junior Chamber International Osaka, and others) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the returnee members of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, the returnee members of the Japanese Descendants' Society Youth Volunteers, and others) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Sep.27 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea (the holders of the Newly Designated Important Intangible Cultural Assets and their spouses) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Oct.4 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the recipients of the Japan Foundation Award and the Japan Foundation Promotion Award) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the members and others of the International Peace Keeping Party) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Oct.5 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the recipients of the 58th Health Culture Award commended by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Oct.19 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the students and others of the Paraguay Japanese School) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Oct.25 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the members of the Equity Commission commended by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the persons of distinguished services in the popularization and development of the Tax Declaration System commended by the Minister of Finance) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Oct.26 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the representatives of the community centers of excellence commended by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.2 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (nationwide the Police Director Generals and others attending the National Police Director Generals Conference) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.3 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.6 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit and People of Cultural Merit) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.7 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Grand Cordon and other Orders) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.8 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Nov.10 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Nov.13 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Nov.14 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Nov.15 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of Orders of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Her Majesty the Empress |
Reception (the recipients of “the Nemu-no-ki Award” of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Residence |
|
| Nov.16 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the recipients of the Medals of Merit of the Autumn of the Year Eighteen of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
| Nov.17 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the taxation officials of the National Tax Agency commended by the Minister of Finance, and the taxation officials and accounting officials of the local public bodies commended by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.22 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Interview/Luncheon (the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Governors, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Nov.30 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Interview/Luncheon (the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, judges and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.1 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the recipients of the Educator of Commendation commended by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.4 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Luncheon (the President of the Board of Audit of Japan, the President of the National Personnel Authority, the Chairperson of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the recipients of the National Personnel Authority President Award) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.6 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Interview/Luncheon (the Minister of Justice, the Public Prosecutor General, the Superintending Prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the physically or mentally handicapped persons who have achieved self-support and rehabilitation, the persons of Merit in supporting rehabilitation of physically or mentally handicapped persons, and the persons of distinguished services in promoting socialization of physically or mentally handicapped persons all commended by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.11 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Tea (the retiring officials with imperial attestation) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.13 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Tea (the retiring officials with imperial attestation) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.14 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception(the Self-Defense Force members and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Samawa Communication Office officials dispatched according to the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law and the Humanitarian Relief and Iraqi Reconstruction Special Measures Law, and others ) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.21 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Luncheon(the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Ministers, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
|
| Dec.22 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the members of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors commended for longtime in-office services) |
Imperial Palace |
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The Imperial Family
