政府、「立皇嗣の礼」延期を決定　新型コロナ感染拡大で

　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大に伴う緊急事態宣言発令を受け、政府は１４日の閣議で、秋篠宮さまが皇位継承順位１位の皇嗣となられたことを国内外に示す「立皇嗣の礼」を当分の間、延期することを決めた。
　１９日に中心儀式の「立皇嗣宣明の儀」と「朝見の儀」が皇居・宮殿で国事行為として行われる予定だった。１５日の「勅使発遣の儀」など、関連する儀式や行事も全て延期する見通し。（2020/04/14-10:48）

The Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting Tuesday to postpone the "Rikkoshi-no-Rei" ceremonies for Crown Prince Akishino for the time being, amid a state of emergency declared a week ago over the COVID-19 epidemic.
   The ceremonies are designed for the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, who ascended the throne last year, to proclaim that he became the Crown Prince.
   The ceremonies include the main proclamation ritual, "Rikkoshi-Senmei-no-Gi," and the "Choken-no-Gi" audience with the Emperor, both initially scheduled to take place in the Imperial Palace this Friday.
   The government had already decided to conduct the Rikkoshi-Senmei-no-Gi ritual on a reduced scale and skip the "Kyuchu-Kyoen-no-Gi" banquets.
   Among other related events, visits by Crown Prince Akishino and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, to Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, and the mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu, the country's mythical first Emperor, in the western prefecture of Nara have been put off.