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On 1 December 2017, the [[Imperial Household Council]], which had not met in 24 years, did so in order to schedule the ceremonies involved in the first such transfer of power in two centuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/22/national/government-meet-dec-1-discuss-emperors-abdication-date/#.WhrhVhNSwnU|title=April 30 most likely date for Emperor Akihito's abdication: government sources|date=22 November 2017|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009212730/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/22/national/government-meet-dec-1-discuss-emperors-abdication-date/#.WhrhVhNSwnU|archive-date=9 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="japantoday">{{cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/politics/emperor-could-abdicate-either-in-march-or-april-of-2019-sources|title=Gov't to hold meeting Dec 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date|website=Japan Today|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121234535/https://japantoday.com/category/politics/emperor-could-abdicate-either-in-march-or-april-of-2019-sources|archive-date=21 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Imperial Household Council consists of the [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]], the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan)|speaker and vice-speaker]] of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]], the [[President of the House of Councillors|president and vice-president]] of the [[House of Councillors]], the [[grand steward]] of the [[Imperial Household Agency]], the [[Chief Justice of Japan|chief justice]] and one justice of the [[Supreme Court of Japan|Supreme Court]], and two members of the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial family]]. [[Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan|Fumihito, Prince Akishino]], the Emperor's younger son, asked to [[Judicial disqualification|recuse]] himself as he would become the next Crown Prince. He was replaced by [[Masahito, Prince Hitachi]], the Emperor's 82-year-old younger brother.
[[Chief Cabinet Secretary]] [[Yoshihide Suga]] told reporters that the date was chosen to permit the old Emperor to be able to preside over the 30th anniversary Jubilee and to coincide with the [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] annual holiday period, turning the changeover from a period of mourning and makeshift ceremonial into a joyous, well-planned festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Emperor-Akihito-to-abdicate-on-April-30-2019|title=Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019|website=Japantoday.com|date=December 2017 |access-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224525/https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Emperor-Akihito-to-abdicate-on-April-30-2019|archive-date=3 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|''Kashikodokoro-no-gi''
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|(1 – 3 May) Rituals by proxy to report to the sun goddess [[Amaterasu]]-ōmikami at the ''Kashiko-dokoro''
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|''Kashiko-dokoro'', [[Three Palace Sanctuaries]], [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]], [[Tokyo]]
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