天皇陛下、今年もリモート出席へ　滋賀の全国植樹祭

　宮内庁は１８日、滋賀県甲賀市で６月５日に開催される第７２回全国植樹祭について、天皇陛下が皇居からオンラインで出席されると発表した。皇后さまも体調に支障がなければ同席する。新型コロナウイルスの感染状況を考慮し、２年連続でリモート参加となる。
　全国植樹祭は天皇、皇后両陛下が地方を訪れる四つの主要行事の一つ。島根県で開かれた第７１回大会は感染拡大の影響で１年延期された後、初めてリモート形式で行われた。（2022/04/18-12:48）

Japanese Emperor Naruhito will attend this year's National Tree Planting Festival online from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday.
   The festival, the 72nd of its kind, will take place June 5 in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.
   The Emperor will attend the annual event online for the second straight year amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Empress Masako will join him if she is well.
   The tree-planting festival is one of the four major annual national events that take the Imperial couple to each prefecture.
   The 71st festival took place in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, last year after a one-year delay due to the coronavirus. It was the first tree-planting festival held in an online format.