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The Emperor issues or causes to be issued, the Ordinances necessary for the carrying out of the laws, or for the maintenance of the public peace and order, and for the promotion of the welfare of the subjects.
The Emperor determines the organization of the different branches of the administration, and salaries of all civil and military officers, and appoints and dismisses the same.
The Emperor shall be the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people, deriving his position from the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power.
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 Emperor Gratian - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Emperor Gratian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On the death of his father, Valentinian I, he became emperor in the western part of the empire (Britain, Spain, and Gaul) and Valentinian II, his half-brother, became emperor of Italy, Africa, and Illyricum, under the regency of his mother, Justina.
In 378 he defeated the Lentienses at Argentaria, and in 379, with the help of Theodosius (emperor of the eastern part of the empire 379–95), drove the barbarians out of the Balkans.
The early years of his rule were marked by energy and success, but later he aroused the contempt of the Roman troops, and they proclaimed Maximus, who was then in Britain, emperor.
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 Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Japan was granted technical sovereignty over the region in 1951, but the United States continued to exercise day-to-day control.
The Amami Group was returned to Japan in full in 1953, and over the next twenty years the administration of the remainder was gradually relaxed.
Full authority was resumed by Japan in 1972; nevertheless, the United States continues to exercise considerable extraterritorial rights over several large military bases, a source of intense bitterness on the part of the local population, and considerable friction and ambivalence between the USA and Japan.
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 Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Emperor Go-Horikawa (後堀河天皇) (1212 - 1234) was the 86th imperial ruler of Japan.
This book by Herschel Webb is a thorough and interesting account of the role played by Japan's emperors in the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) and their relations with the Shogun's court.
The defeat of Japan in 1945 did in fact produce large changes in Japan and some re-alignment of the social structure an...
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 Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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.
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 Emperor Go-Horikawa - All About All
Emperor Go-Horikawa (後堀河天皇 Go-Horikawa Tennō) (March 22, 1212 – August 31, 1234) was the 86th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
In 1221, because of the Jōkyū Incident, an unsuccessful attempt by Emperor Go-Toba to seize real power, the Kamakura shogunate completely excluded those of the imperial family descended from Emperor Go-Toba from the Chrysanthenum throne, thus forcing Emperor Chūkyō to abdicate.
After the Gempei War, the grandson of the late Emperor Takakura, who was also the son of Retired Emperor Antoku's younger brother and Chūkyō's cousin, was enthroned as Go-Horikawa.
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 Are men more intelligent than women - Page:4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the history of monarchy in Japan, the eighth century is remarkable for the number of female sovereigns.
Buddhism was adopted by Emperor Shomu as the religion of the imperial court, although worship of the national gods, led by Amaterasu Omikami from whom the ruling dynasty claimed descent, as a customary rite was not disavowed.
When her successor, Emperor Konin, died in 781, the council of ministers refused to allow a woman to take the throne, thereby creating a precedent which was followed consistently in later times, except for two unimportant instances after 1600, when the throne was powerless.
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 Koyasan and Shingon Esoteric Buddhism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Gradually, however, regular residences began to be built, and construction assumed a grand scale due to the growing patronage from feudal lords and powerful families and the resulting influx of wealth and the appearance of private temples dedicated to family ancestors.
Founded by the fourth son of Emperor Shirakawa, Kakuho Shinno, the central deity enshrined is the Buddha Muryoju (Amitayus).
Because the son of Emperor Gotoba, Michimori Hoin, resided here, the Imperial con sort Saichu Gomon-in of Emperor Gohorikawa had great reverence for the temple.
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 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Reigned 11 April 1382 to 1392 as the emperor of the Northern Court and continued as emperor when the courts reunited until abdicating on 29 Aug. 1412.
Lived 12 March 1633 to 20 Sept. 1654.
Two great earthquakes shook Japan in the 20th century: the Great Kanto Earthquake (pg 98) in 1923 and the Great Kansai Earthquake in 1995.
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 Emperor Chukyo of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Emperor Chūkyō (仲恭天皇) (1218 - 1234) was the 85th imperial ruler of Japan.
He ruled in 1221 and was not officially listed as emperor until 1870 due to doubts caused by the of his reign.
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