Congratulations
for the Accession
to the Throne of Japan.
Let’s cerebrate as the whole nation.

History of establishment of the Cerebration Committee of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne

1.

In April 2018, it was agreed that the three organizations who have been in charge of the celebration campaign; “Japan Business Federation (Chairperson: Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi),” “The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairperson: Mr. Akio Mimura) and “Japan Conference (Chairperson: Mr. Tadae Takubo)” will celebrate the thirty years of the Emperor’s throne in 2019, and to establish an organization in May 2019 to implement the new emperor’s coronation project from 2019 to 2020.

2.

In August 2018, the representatives from the three organizations made a request to the founders as below, and eighteen representatives from various fields were inaugurated as founders of “the Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne.”
(The syllabary order, honorific titles are omitted.)

Shogo Ikeda
Chairperson of Junior Chamber International Japan
Business Community, Youth Organization
Masatoshi Ito
President of Japan Sport Association
Sports Community
Seiji Ueda
President of National Governors’ Association
Local government
Ryubun Kamata
President of Japan Buddhist Federation
Religion Community
Hiroshi Kishi
President of Japan Fisheries Cooperatives
Fishery Industry
Rikio Kouzu
President of Japanese Trade Union Confederation
Labor Community
Juro Saito
President of Japan National Council of Social Welfare
Welfare Community
Yoshiko Sakurai
Journalist
Speech Community / Women
Tsunekazu Takeda
President of Japanese Olympic Committee
Sport Community
Tsunekiyo Tanaka
Secretary-General of Association of Shinto Shrines
Religion Community
Hiroaki Nakanishi
President of Japan Business Federation
Business Community
Toru Nakaya
Chairperson at Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
Agriculture and Forestry Industry
Nobuyoshi Hakkaku
President of Japan Sumo Association
Sport Community
Masahiko Fujiwara
Honorary Professor at Ochanomizu University
Academic Community
Akio Mimura
President of The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Business Community
Toru Miyoshi
Former Supreme Court Chief
Legal Community
Juichi Yamagiwa
President of Science Council of Japan
Academic Community
Yoshitake Yokokura
President of Japan Medical Association
Medical/Welfare Community

3.

In response to a call from these founders, preparation was made to establish “the Congratulatory Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne” and the request for inauguration for its officers were made, as well as the general assembly was held on November 27th 2018 at a hotel in Tokyo.

A request for inauguration as officials of the Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne

Dear Sir or Madam
We hope this letter would find you well.

Now, the Emperor will be abdicated (resigned) next spring based on a special provision of the Imperial House Law established last year, and the Prince will become the imperial throne of the 126th Emperor. In the next sprint to autumn, the traditional succession ceremony of the throne with solemnity, and traditional nation of Japan with imperial family will be revealed.

With this occasion, our citizens will congratulate and acknowledge the thirty years of the Emperor's throne, and wish to celebrate the nation on the New Emperor’s accession.

Therefore, over the next two years, we would like to promote a congratulatory movement in the central and other parts of the country, so we are pleased to establish the Celebration Committee in the central area. Despite your business, we humbly request your inauguration of the officials of the Committee, while making an announcement of its establishment.

Sincerely,

October, 2018
Founder of the Preparatory Committee for the Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne

4.

At the general assembly of the Committee, it was approved to assign 1,200 board members including Honorable Chairman Nakanishi and Chairman Mimura, and organize the two-year congratulatory project to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne and the New Emperor’s throne.

Planning for the Congratulatory Project

In April 2019, it was agreed that the three organizations who had been in charge of celebration campaign; “Japan Business Federation (Chairperson: Mr. Hiroaki Nakanishi),” “The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairperson: Mr. Akio Mimura) and “Japan Conference (Chairperson: Mr. Tadae Takubo)” will cerebrate the thirty years of His Majesty the Emperor in 2019, and that we will establish an organization in May 2019 to implement the new emperor’s coronation project from 2019 to 2020. Together with the Cerebration Parliamentary Association, the two projects will be conducted;“the 30th anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor's Accession to the Throne” and “the new emperor’s coronation project.” “The Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne“ will change its name to “the Cerebration Committee of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne” in May 2019.

1. Gratitude Gathering of the Cerebration of 30th anniversary of the Accession to the Throne

In order to congratulate and express appreciations to the Emperor’s thirty years of achievement, we will be holding the Gratitude Gathering of the Cerebration on April 10th, next year, that is the 60th wedding anniversary of the Emperor and Empress.

Name of the Event
“Gratitude Gathering of the Cerebration of 30th anniversary of the Accession to the Throne”(tentative)
Date
Scheduled to open at 2pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Venue
National Theater Hall
Sponsors
The Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne
The Parliamentary Association of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne
Japan Culture Promotion Foundation

2. The National Festival to celebrate the throne of New Emperor

Cerebration of the 126th Emperor’s throne will be held with the honor of His Majesty as well as Princess in the Imperial Palace Square.

Name of the event
“The National Festival to celebrate the throne of New Emperor”
Date
Saturday, November 9th, 2018
Venue
The Imperial Palace Square(National Garden)
Sponsors
The Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne
The Parliamentary Association of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne
Japan Culture Promotion Foundation

3. Requests to the government and local government

In order to congratulate the thirty years of the throne and the new emperor’s coronation with both public and private parties, we ask that the government, local government and various organizations to be part and carry out the congratulatory projects.

We request;

  1. The implementation of various commemorative projects by government and ministries
  2. The implementation of various commemorative projects by local governments,
  3. The implementation of various commemorative projects by private organizations and companies, and
  4. The establishment of prefectural celebration committee and the implementation of a congratulatory projects

4. Promotion of various commemorative projects to celebrate the new emperor’s coronation and public relations activities

We will promote commemorative projects and public relations activities to celebrate the thirty years of the throne and the new emperor’s coronation.

  1. Commemorative publication that collects the cerebration messages from various communities
  2. Dissemination of photo books that summarize the achievements of the thirty years
  3. Production and screening of a commemorative movies to celebrate the imperial throne of New Emperor
  4. Dissemination project such as the New Emperor’s photo books and imperial calendar, etc.

What is Parliamentary Association?

It was established on November 26th 2018, with 500 members of nonpartisans.

平成30年11月26日、奉祝議連、超党派500名で設立
平成30年11月26日、奉祝議連、超党派500名で設立

On November 26 2018, the general meeting of the founding of the “the Celebration Committee of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne” was held grandly, where the nonpartisan parliamentarians got together at the Constitution Memorial Hall.

The general meeting took place with MC by Mr. Minoru Hihara, the Parliamentary Secretary General, the Member of the House of Representatives, and Mr. Shinji Furuya, the Secretary-General, the member of the House of Representatives expressed greetings, and Mr. Mr. Junichi Eto, the Executive Committee Chairman, the member of the House of Representatives, announced the executive members and project plans, which was approved with full applause. Mr. Bunmei Ibuki, the former chairman of the House of Representatives, became a president and gave a speech.

After then each group representative gave their greeting remarks. The congratulatory messages for 30 years of the throne were presented by Mr. Toshihiro Nikai, LDP Secretary-General; Mr. Yukio Edano, Representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party; Mr. Yuichiro Tamaki, National Demogratic Party Representative; Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, Komeito representative; Mr. Toranosuke Katayama, Co-representative of Japan Innovation Party; Ms. Kyoko Nakayama, Advisor of Party of Hope; Mr. Koichiro Genba, member of the House of Representatives, Group of Independents; Mr. Akihisa Nagashima, Representative of MIRAI NIHON. In the end, the Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, member of the House of Representatives, made a closing remark to close the meeting with much of passion.

The founders of The Parliamentary Association for Cerebration comprise the representatives of various delegations; many of them have much of experiences in legislation, administration and justice. Approximately 500 people joined as members by the general meeting; its members comprise the nonpartisan parliamentarian, except the members from the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party. (The Parliamentary Association for Cerebration will have its members over 527 as of December 12th, which is the largest Parliamentary Association for Cerebration in the past.)
On the establishment general meeting, approximately 200 members participated. At the general meeting, it was agreed as project plans to co-sponsor the “Gratitude Gathering of the Cerebration” on April 10th with the Cerebration Committee, and to pass a resolution at the House of Representatives the “Greetings” for congratulations on the thirty years of the throne.

Letter for Establishment

Letter for establishment of “the Parliamentary Association of the 30th Anniversary of the His Majesty the Emperor’s Accession to the Throne”

The Emperor will cerebrate the 30 years of throne in January next year and will resign (succeed to) in April. Born before the war, the Emperor experienced the hardship of the war. After the war was over, under the new constitution, the Emperor witnessed the era of Japan and its people reconstructing and developing economically.

After the throne, as a “symbol of integration of Country of Japan and its people,” the Emperor was always by the side of people and praying for the peace and well being of the people in the world.

At this time, we, as members of parliaments, would like to come together with a private organization, the Cerebration Committee, to establish the Parliamentary Association to express our sincere gratitude for the work of His Majesty the Emperor over the 30 years in Heisei Era, and promote the congratulatory project. We hope that we are all reminded that in the Constitution the Emperor’s position is stipulated “based on the consensus of the sovereign nation,” and participate the Committee, which represents the national democracy.

November, 2018