1,900 People Invited to Japan Autumn Imperial Garden Party

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday released the list of 1,918 invitees to a garden party to be hosted by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 30.

The list includes meritorious individuals, local government officials and their spouses. Among them are architect Kengo Kuma and Hiroshi Hase, governor of the central prefecture of Ishikawa.

This year, Paris Olympics gold medalists are invited, including Hifumi Abe in the men's judo 66-kilogram category, Shinnosuke Oka in the men's all-around gymnastics and javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi.

According to the agency, the full name of invitees' spouses will be displayed on their name cards from this time.

The food menu will return to standards before the COVID-19 pandemic, but alcohol will not be served this time again.

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