No public new year celebration in Japan in 2021
2nd December 2020
Japan’s Imperial Family will be ringing in the new year privately this year. The Imperial Household has decided to cancel Emperor Naruhito’s New Year’s event at the palace, due to a rise in coronavirus cases.
The news of this latest cancellation came as Japan recorded a record high of 1,700 COVID-19 cases.
This annual event was scheduled for January 2 and usually draws tens…