In the imperial palace in Tokyo, the ceremony of intronization of the new emperor Japan Naruhito was held. The broadcast of this event was the main television channels of the country, RIA Novosti reports. In the ceremony held in the Hall of Sadeen Matsu-Nom, 24 people participated, including the head of the government of Shinzo Abe and ministers. Narukhito entered the hall with members of the imperial family. He climbed onto a pedestal covered with white cloth on which the throne was installed.

“In St. Petersburg, the authorities turned to the fullest. The deputy of the Reznik Legislative Assembly was lying on the ground of five“ cosmonauts. ”Their platoon, units and divisions attack people throughout Nevsky Prospekt. One of the leaders of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov was detained,” writes Dmitry Gudkov on his page on Facebook . "And at that time, Acting Beglov from the rostrum congratulates" active, nasty "citizens.

In St. Petersburg, where, as in other cities of Russia, there are a column of the United Democrats and the Yabloko party, who were agreed with the Pervomaisky procession with the Pervomaisky procession , the police and employees of the Russian Guard, which went out onto the streets under the slogan "Free Petersburg - Free Elections!" Participants of several public movements were detained, as well as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly Maxim Reznik.

In Sterlitamak, a naked girl walked on May 1 along the streets of the city. This "performance" was in no way connected with the shirts or monsters that were held in Russian cities on the holiday of spring and labor. A completely undressed girl, whose body in some places covered only tattoos and long hair, walked around the roadway, screamed and complained about narcotic substances.

At the annual conference for developers called F8, the social network Facebook introduced the updated web version design, as well as mobile applications for Anroid and iOS. A brief description of the innovations was published on the Facebook blog . According to The Verge , the main change in the mobile applications of social networks, the updated versions of which will become available to users in the near future, is to put sections of groups and events at the forefront.

On the day when the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video of the launches of anti-ship missiles of the Uranus complex from the corvette "Strongly" in the Baltic Sea, the United States published a video testing of the intercontinental ballistic missile Minuteman III ("Minitman-3").

From May 1, a new national GOST entered into force in Russia, which provides for the emergence of new road signs and signs of a reduced size. The document was published in the regulatory framework of the Russian Newspaper . So, on the roads there will be signs “The highlighted strip of tram”, “diagonal pedestrian crossing”, as well as combined: for example, “paid parking” and “parking for the disabled”.

A group of military climbers from among the troops of India discovered in the mountains of Nepal, not far from the natural reserve Makalu, in the eastern Gimalaye zone, evidence of the existence of a snow man (Yeti). The amazing find was made on April 9 at an altitude of more than 3,500 meters - in the snow the climbers found numerous deep marks from the legs, the size of which was huge - 81 more than a length of length and 38 centimeters in width.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on mortgage holidays. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information . Mortgage holidays lasting up to six months can be provided at the request of a borrower who has found in difficult life situation (loss of a breadwinner, temporary disability within two months, recognition by a disabled person of the I or II group, a decrease in the family income of spouses by more than 30%).

The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory asked the Investigative Committee to check the information on how the governor of Khakassia Valentin Konovalov escaped service in the army. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to the press service of the department. According to the publication, the head of the region did not receive a military ID and did not apply for its issuance.

“The provision of Russian citizenship needs some kind of conceptual reflection. So that this is not a way to convey greetings, bargain or “mark” with passports and people territories that are potentially suitable for “historical reunions,” writes the president of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation on his page in Facebook .

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo again did not rule out that the United States could begin military operation in Venezuela, where the coup attempt was failed under the leadership of the opposition forces. "The military operation is possible. If this is necessary, the United States will do this," Pompeo said on Wednesday, May 1, in an interview with Fox Business Network.

The first clashes between the manifestants and the police occurred on the Boulevard of Montparnas, where many representatives of the movement of "yellow vests" gathered to participate in a joint demonstration with trade union movements. This was reported by the TASS correspondent from the scene. The police and gendarmes detained 200 people at manifestations in the French capital. This was reported by the BFM channel with reference to the Paris Prefecture.

The 44th US President Barack Obama, together with his wife, Michelle will become the producers of the Netflix streaming service series about the current 45th American President Donalde Trump. This series will be a film adaptation of the bestseller of the writer and journalist Macle Lewis "Fifth Risk" - the documentary chronicle of the initial period of Trump's presidency.

The head of the Cantor Center for the Study of Modern European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Dina Dun, submitted an annual report, which marks a sharp increase in violent crimes against Jews. According to Newsru.co.il , the most significant anti -Semitism in the year, which passed after the previous report, grew up in such states as the USA, France and Ukraine.