Audiences, Tea and Other Meetings (2009)
Date |
Granted by |
Occasion |
Place |
Remarks |
Jan.22 |
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 |
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Feb.2 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Tea (the retiring officials with imperial attestation) |
Imperial Palace |
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Feb.3 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Luncheon (the President of the Board of Audit of Japan [a substitute in duty], the President of the National Personnel Authority, the Chairperson of the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
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Feb.12 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Tea (the retiring officials with imperial attestation) |
Imperial Palace |
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Feb.19 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the Superintending Prosecutors and the chief public prosecutors and others participating in the National Chief Public Prosecutors Meeting) |
Imperial Palace |
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Feb.20 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Interview/Luncheon (the Minister of Justice, the Superintending Prosecutors of the High Public Prosecutor’s Office, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
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Mar.2 |
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 |
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Mar.11 |
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 |
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Mar.16 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the 24th Class students of the inspector appointment course of the National Police Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
|
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the recipients of the Distinguished Services in Medical Care Award commended by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) |
Imperial Palace |
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Mar.19 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the Senior Overseas Volunteers and the Japanese Descendants’ Society Senior Volunteers) |
Imperial Residence |
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Apr.10 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (about 100 married couples who reach the 50th anniversary of marriage within this year) |
Imperial Palace |
|
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (former Grand Stewards of the Imperial Household Agency, former Councilors, former Section/Department Heads, former close aids [Chamberlains and Court Ladies], former Servers, and the close aids of the time of the marriage of Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress) |
Imperial Palace |
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Apr.13 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Tea (the officers of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors) |
Imperial Palace |
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May.8 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Returning Gratitude(the recipients of Grand Cordon and other Orders and their spouses) |
Imperial Palace |
|
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
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May.13 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders and Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
May.14 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders and Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
May.15 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders and Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
May.18 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders and Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
May.19 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience/Retuning Gratitude (the recipients of Orders and Medals of Merit of the Spring of the Year Twenty-one of Heisei) |
Imperial Palace |
2 occasions |
May.21 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the Junior High School principals attending the General Meeting of the National Junior High School Principals Association ) |
Imperial Palace |
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Jun.1 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (this year’s awardees, new members and others of the Japan Academy) |
Imperial Palace |
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Jun.15 |
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the recipients of the Japan Art Academy Award of the Year Twenty of Heisei, the new members of the Academy, and others) |
Imperial Palace |
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Jun.18 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the Chiefs of the District Courts and Domestic Courts attending “the Supreme Court Chief Justice, District Court Chiefs and Domestic Court Chiefs Meeting”) |
Imperial Palace |
|
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Reception (the scholars of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship) |
Imperial Residence |
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Jun.24 |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Audience (the chief priests and others of the Shinto shrines and the Imperial Ceremony shrines) |
Imperial Palace |
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Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Audience (the attendants and others on the occasion of Their Majesties’ visit to Canada and the United States) |
Imperial Palace |
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Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress |
Tea Party (the attendants, retinues and others on the occasion of Their Majesties’ visit to Canada and the United States) |
Imperial Palace |
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