Reuters correspondents Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka's contemporary wire report, carried by Euronews, on the 22 October 2019 Sokui no Rei ceremony at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, describing Emperor Naruhito's reporting of his enthronement to the imperial ancestors at the palace shrines, his appearance in the Takamikura pavilion housing the sword and the jewel of the Three Sacred Treasures, and the roughly two thousand dignitaries from more than one hundred eighty countries in attendance, including Britain's Prince Charles.
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Citation
AuthorElaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka
PublisherReuters, carried by Euronews
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://www.euronews.com/2019/10/21/japanese-emperor-to-proclaim-his-enthronement-to-the-world-in-ancient-ceremony
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Two named wire service correspondents' contemporary report, tier 2 for a contemporary news agency account of the ceremony's date, attendees and ritual elements, corroborated by the independent Wikipedia account of the Daijosai below. NotesUsed for the Sokui no Rei's exact date, the Takamikura pavilion and the Three Sacred Treasures, and the attendance figure and countries represented.
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