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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan |
 | | The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south. |
 | | Fifteen are appointed by the emperor, the remaining twenty-five by the minister at the nomination of the former. |
 | | On 12 Sept., 1885, a letter written from Leo XIII to the Emperor of Japan was received with great honour, and on 18 December of the same year, a representative of the emperor assisted respectfully at the ceremony of the funeral service for Alphonso XII, King of Spain. |
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