The Japanese government is considering postponing the throne parade of Emperor Naruhito scheduled for October 22 to overcome the consequences of Typhoon Hagibis.

Tokyo previously planned to hold the Emperor's enthronement ritual, accompanied by a large-scale parade, on October 22. However, the parade is likely to be delayed, as the country is urgently overcoming the aftermath of Hurricane Hagibis, the strongest storm in decades to hit Japan last week, the Japanese government said yesterday. now on. NHK reports that religious ceremonies and royal banquets associated with the throne can still take place.

Typhoon Hagibis, accompanied by record rain and strong winds hitting central and eastern Japan on October 12, caused at least 176 rivers to break, flooding residential areas and landslides in 11 provinces. As of October 16, 74 people were killed by the storm, more than 10 remain missing and more than 200 are injured. Chief of the Cabinet Office Japan said more than 10,000 households were in a state of power outages and more than 110,000 households lost water after the storm, rescue work is still underway.

The Japanese government yesterday announced a deduction of US $ 6.5 million from the emergency reserve fund to help people nationwide overcome the aftermath of Hurricane Hagibis.

Crown Prince Naruhito succeeded the emperor throne on May 1, after Emperor Nakihito abdicated, marking the Reigning Dynasty in Japan. Traditionally, the emperor and empress will wear traditional robes elaborately for the ceremony in the palace before parading through the streets of the capital to be royals, leaders of many parts of the world and people. congratulations.