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| | Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The Chrysanthemum (left), the Japanese Emperor's symbol of divine authority was frequently seen embossed on military hardware until 1945. |
 | | Japanese Emperors: B.C. Japan's royalty traces its descendancy from Jimmu, circa 660 B.C. The list shows Japan's ruling Emperors and eight ruling Empresses from Jimmu 660 B.C. to Akihito 1996 A.D. Heisei Tenno, Japan's Emperor Akihito, calls his reign Heisei, meaning "the achievement of complete peace on earth and in the heavens". |
 | | In the case of the present Emperor Akihito and his predecessor, Hirohito, the names of their reigns is given. |
| vikingphoenix.com /public/JapanIncorporated/postwar/japemps.htm (828 words) |
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