There was a celebration event of the Emperor's 20th year anniversary of the succession to the throne in front of the Imperial Palace this evening. There 30,000 people got together.
His father, the Showa Emperor (昭和天皇：Showa tenno) passed away on January 7, 1989. Since that day the present Emperor became the Emperor, but the enthronement ceremony was taken place on November 12, 1990. They held the 10th year anniversary ceremony on November 12, 1999, therfore the 20th year anniversary was also held on November 12.
It's been 50 years since the Emperor and the Empress got married, and it's been 20 years since they became Their Majesties.
There are many congratulatory events regarding this. One of them is to issue commemorative gold coins. 90,000 pieces were issued. Its face value is yen10,000. 90,000 pieces were issued but about 580,000 people applied. Its selling price is yen80,000. Only one out of 6 to 7 can get the 20g special gold coin.
When I was working at Expo 2005 in Aichi (愛知), they came to visit our neighbor pavilion, therefore all of the staff of our pavilion were standing in line to welcome, and we could see them very close. Some of the foreign staff even had chances to talk with them. These experiences is the treasure of working at Expo.
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