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Receiving Official Guests

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Welcoming State Guests
Welcoming State Guests
(Imperial Palace)
Welcoming Ceremony
Welcoming Ceremony
(Imperial Palace)
State Call
State Call
(Take-no-Ma(Audience Room),Imperial Palace)
State Banquet
State Banquet
(Homei-Den(State Banquet Hall),Imperial Palace
State Banquet
State Banquet
(Homei-Den(State Banquet Hall),Imperial Palace
Farewell Call
Farewell Call
(Palace Hotel Tokyo)
Farewell Call
Farewell Call
(Palace Hotel Tokyo)

State Guests (Kokuhin) are foreign Heads of State or equivalent who are officially invited and received by the Japanese Government with the utmost courtesy. The foreign Heads of State who will be invited and received by the Imperial Family are determined by a Cabinet Meeting. The reception of State Visits by the Imperial Family includes a welcoming ceremony attended by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, State Call with Their Majesties, State Banquet at the Imperial Palace and farewell calls by Their Majesties. Their Majesties, together with other members of the Imperial Family, wholeheartedly receive these State Guests.