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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan |
 | | On 31 March, 1908, the total population of Japan was 49,092,000 inhabitants; that of Formosa 3,155,005; and that of the Ainus (aborigines) 17,632. |
 | | 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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