News Source: Japan Times
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This year marks Emperor Akihito's 20th year on the Chrysanthemum Throne. Designated by the Constitution as the "symbol" of the state and required to be politically neutral, the 75-year-old Emperor and the Imperial family are nonetheless often
News Source: Japan Times
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A documentary on the history of Japan during the war and postwar years is receiving critical acclaim following its broadcast by Franco-German television station Arte in late September. "The Emperor and the Army" was produced by Kenichi Watanabe, 58,
News Source: Belleville News-Democrat
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But while conservative commentators complained that President Barack Obama should not have bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito during his first presidential trip to Asia, experts on protocol say the president's real faux pas came when he combined the