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At 1 pm [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] (06:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), the main ceremony began. In the ceremony, Emperor [[Naruhito]] wore the [[sokutai]] and [[Empress Masako]] wore the [[jūnihitoe]]. He then took his place on the 6.5-metre (21-foot) Takamikura throne alongside Masako at the Matsu-no-Ma (Pine Hall), and gave a speech which emphasized his role as the symbol of the State.<ref name="NHK World" /> The speech then followed by a congratulatory speech by [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Shinzo Abe]] and [[Ten thousand years|three cheers of banzai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191022/news/310229949/|title=Japanese Emperor Naruhito ascends Chrysanthemum Throne|date=22 October 2019|work=Daily Herald|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025070450/https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191022/news/310229949/|archive-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Dignitaries ===
The ceremony was attended by representatives of around 174 countries, including foreign heads of state and government.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2019-10-20 |title=Japan ready for Naruhito’s enthronement, but postpones procession |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3033580/typhoon-hagibis-casts-cloud-over-japanese-emperor-naruhitos |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2019-10-18 |title=Factbox: Hundreds of dignitaries to attend as Japan's emperor declares enthronement |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-emperor-enthronement-factbox-idINKBN1WX18K |access-date=2023-05-07}}</ref> A state banquet hosted by Emperor Naruhito himself was organized later in the day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-22 |title=Washoku delicacies served at banquet after emperor's ceremony |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/10/bebd59cf73c3-washoku-delicacies-served-at-banquet-after-emperors-ceremony.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref>
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* [[Empress Masako|The Empress]], ''the Emperor's wife and consort''
* [[Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan|The Prince]] and [[Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan|Princess Akishino]], ''the Emperor's brother and sister-in-law''
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** [[Ayako Moriya|Former Princess Ayako of Takamado]] and Kei Moriya, ''the Emperor's second cousin and her husband''
==== Owada family ====
* [[Hisashi Owada|Hisashi]] and Yumiko Owada, ''the Empress's parents''
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