Audiences with distinguished guests from overseas
| Month |
Received by |
Name |
| January |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Turkey and Mrs. Erdoğan(Official Working Visit) |
| February |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Switzerland and Mrs. Friedrun |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the Congress of Deputies of Spain |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the Marshall Islands and Mrs. Loeak |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (Official Visit) |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (Official Visit) |
| March |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Estonia and Mrs. Ilves |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Somalia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Viet Nam and Mrs. Hanh (State Visit) |
| April |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Prime Minister of Australia(Official Visit) |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Maldives |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Consort of the Father Emir of the State of Qatar |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of the United States of America (State Visit) |
| May |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Prime Minister of Israel and Mrs. Netanyahu (Official Working Visit) |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (Official Visit) |
| June |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Paraguay |
| September |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Prime Minister of India (Official Visit) |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
President of the House of Councillors of Morocco |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Laura of Belgium |
| October |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Grand Duke Guillaume and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Stéphanie |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Georgia and Mrs. Chichua |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of Netherlands (State Visit) |
| November |
His Majesty the Emperor |
President of Micronesia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Former Prime Minister of India |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Speaker of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn AL HUSSEIN of Jordan, His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein and His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad |
| December |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
President of Palau |
Audiences with Foreign Ambassadors
| Month |
Received by |
Name |
| January |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxembourg |
| March |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Honduras |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senegal |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lesotho and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Zimbabwe and his spouse |
April |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Libya |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico and his spouse |
| May |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tanzania and her spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovenia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina and her spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey |
| June |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Costa Rica and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Argentina and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Head of the Delegation of the European Union and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia and his spouse |
| July |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Panama and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia and his spouse |
| August |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden and his spouse |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic |
| September |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Head of the Delegation of the European Union and his spouse |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Senegal |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guatemala and his spouse |
| October |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Colombia, his spouse and daughter |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Luxembourg |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Philippines and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liberia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Portugal |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of United Arab Emirates and his spouse |
| His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kenya |
| November |
His Majesty the Emperor |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Portugal |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Srl Lanka and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Timor-Leste |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Departing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Korea and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Norway |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland and her spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bolivia |
December |
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malawi and his spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of El Salvador and her spouse |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sudan, his spouse and daughter |
| Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyz and his spouse |
The Imperial Family