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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Emperor Sujin of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Some historians identify him with the Emperor Jinmu and consider that the legend attributed to Jinmu was originally based on the life of Sujin.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emperor-Sujin-of-Japan (579 words)

	Akihito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Akihito of Japan (Japanese: 明仁) (born December 23, 1933) is the current Emperor (天皇, tennō) of Japan and the 125th according to the traditional order of succession.
		Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of the Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the Empress Kōjun (Nagako).
		Emperor Akihito was formally inaugurated as the Emperor of Japan on November 12, 1990.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akihito (794 words)

	Empress Michiko of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		) and later the Crown Princess of Japan (April 10, 1959 to January 7, 1989), is the wife and consort of the reigning Emperor of Japan, HIM Emperor Akihito.
		HIM Emperor Akihito and HIM Empress Michiko of Japan
		Upon the death of the Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) on January 7, 1989, her husband became Japan's 125th emperor and she became empress (consort).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empress_Michiko_of_Japan (597 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Emperor Saga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, Saga tennō) (786–842) was the 52nd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
		Saga was a supporter of the Buddhist monk Kukai and helped him to establish the Shingon School of Buddhism by granting him the Toji temple in the capital Heian-kyō (present day Kyoto).
		Five-story pagoda of Toji Toji (and#26481;and#23546;) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Kyoto, Japan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emperor-Saga (606 words)

	Emperor of Japan
		The role of the Emperor of Japan (天皇, tennō) was that of an imperial ruler, from the dawn of history until the mid-twentieth century.
		Although the Emperor performs many of the roles of a head of state, there has been a persistent controversy within Japan as to whether the Emperor is in fact head of state or merely someone who acts as head of state.
		By the constitution of 1889, the emperor of Japan transferred a large part of his former powers as absolute monarch to the representatives of the people, but as head of the empire.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/te/Tenno.html (783 words)

	Japanese Culture - Royalty - The Imperial Family
		The regalia, a mirror, a sword and a curved jewel are symbols of the legitimacy and authority of the emperor.
		A combination of efforts to free the emperor from the web of entrenched bureaucracy and the court's increasing preoccupation with the pursuit of the arts and literature led to a situation where the real power was held by those occupying the posts of regent, for emperors not yet of age, and chief advisor.
		The emperor had no political powers and under Article 1 of the new 'Showa' constitution he became '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'.
	www.japan-zone.com /culture/imperial.shtml (1064 words)

	Japan and Emperor Hirohito to 1936
		Emperor Hirohito supported the agreements, while newspapers were divided and the navy high command grumbled and mentioned that it had a constitutional right to veto the plan.
		Japan was facing increased defiance in Korea, but Japan's foremost foreign policy concern was a threat by the Chinese against Japan's position in southern Manchuria.
		Japan's army in Manchuria, the Kwantung army, was in charge of law and order in southern Manchuria, and it demanded an apology from the Chinese and a promise that such an incident would not happen again.
	www.fsmitha.com /h2/ch18.htm (4600 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Thus, during the long and eventful reign of the Showa Emperor, Japan emerged from a period of military expansion, culminating in national tragedy, and entered a new period of international cooperation during which it became one of the world's three greatest economic powers.
		Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako had seven children--two sons and five daughters--the oldest of whom was born in 1925 and the youngest in 1939.
		The Emperor died of cancer at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 1989.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_hirohito.html (527 words)

	Modern Japan
		The history of modern Japan is one of juggling Westernization with a selective preservation of tradition, transforming and renaming tradition in the process.
		Restoration of the emperor and tradition to implement Westernization.
		The meaning of Japan (Nihon) means the origin of the sun.
	www.indiana.edu /~hisdcl/h207_2002/modernjapannotes.htm (659 words)

	Wikinfo \| Emperor of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		By the constitution of 1889, the emperor of Japan transferred a large part of his former powers as absolute monarch to the representatives of the people, but remained as head of the empire.
		The emperor was given broad and vague "reserve powers" which in turn were exploited by the prime minister and various cliques around the Emperor.
		The Emperor himself was hidden from sight however, and his actual role during this period is disputed, but it is commonly believed he was largely sidelined by the military.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Japanese_Emperor (1016 words)

	Emperor Jimmu of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇; Jimmu Tennō; given name: Kamuyamato Iwarehiko) was the mythical founder of Japan and is regarded as a direct descendant of the Shinto deity Amaterasu.
		Emperor Jimmu's existence cannot be verified by standard historical means, but the mythology surrounding him places him in the 7th century BC.
		February 11, 660 BC is the traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
	usapedia.com /e/emperor-jimmu-of-japan.html (179 words)

	History of Japan
		The second successor, Tokugawa Ieyasu, succeeded Hideyoshi's unifed Japan, and sat the throne of shogun in 1603.
		Though he needed the authority of the emperor, he was low-born and didn't have the right to became shogun.
		In this era, Japan was a new kid on the block in world-wide imperialism, The leaders of the government frequently visited western countries, to learned how to govern and grow the nation.
	www2.kanawa.com /japan/history.html (4289 words)

	suicidal tendencies dampened
		By mounting the pyre with her husband a widow would be able to do penance for his sins, liberate him from punishment and open the way to a better life for him and for herself as well.
		If the criminal was of high rank, it would not be uncommon for the Emperor to send him a yellow silk scarf to hang himself with, thus allowing him to escape being called up for punishment, dishonour or possibly a death penalty.
		Suicide is thus not permissible according to Confucius, except in certain cases where the aim is to show loyalty to the greater or smaller society one belongs to, or to one's parents.
	www.befriendersindia.org /histsui.htm (2472 words)

	Tojo's granddaughter wants Japan emperor shrine visit - Boston.com
		Japan was locked in debate on whether "Class A" war criminals should be removed from the list of those honored at Yasukuni Shrine, or if the country should build a secular memorial where leaders could go without offending Asian neighbors.
		Japan's ties with China and South Korea have chilled since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took office in 2001 and began visiting Yasukuni, where Tojo and other convicted war criminals are honored along with the nation's 2.5 million war dead.
		Emperor Hirohito, in whose name Japanese soldiers fought in World War Two, stopped visiting Yasukuni because he was displeased that wartime leaders convicted as war criminals were honored there, media reported in July, citing a memo by a former courtier.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/08/25/tojos_granddaughter_wants_japan_emperor_shrine_visit?mode=PF (686 words)

	Trip to Japan
		The deified spirits of the ancient Emperor Ojin who has been identified with Hachiman, Empress Jingu and Emperor Chuai are enshrined in the main buildings of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
		It is home to Emperor Heisei and other members of the Japanese Royal Family, the Imperial Palace sits on land that was once occupied by Edo Castle.
		I let him know that everyone here wished him the best and that he was missed here in the states.
	www.toyamaryu.org /Japan2005.htm (3031 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| TIME 100: Emperor Hirohito \| 8/23/99-8/30/99
		To understand the Showa Emperor's goals and premises, we must examine his life, as he led it and as it was led for him by his multitudinous helpers.
		Born on April 29, 1901, the eldest son of the Emperor Yoshihito, he was enrolled at the age of seven in the Peers' School.
		At last, the Emperor cast a deciding vote for surrender and later made his memorable broadcast to Japan's people about "enduring the unendurable." It was the first unequivocal decision he had made since 1936.
	www.time.com /time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/hirohito1.html (2444 words)

	Dying For the Emperor? No Way by Mike Rogers
		In fact, the emperor himself fancied his position along the lines of modern British monarchy and was unwilling to get involved with the day-to-day affairs of running the country.
		This was another catalyst for the Meiji Restoration; Japan feared being colonized by the west as the rest of Asia was.
		To claim that Japan was the sole aggressor in Asia is to completely tell the history of the war conveniently from the victor’s point of view.
	www.lewrockwell.com /rogers/rogers178.html (4402 words)

	Japan, 1300 to 1700
		Kamakura, with the emperor at Kyoto as a figurehead.
		The most influential philosophy during Japan's Tokugawa Period was Neo-Confucianism, which stressed the importance of morals, education and hierarchical order in government and society.
		Japan's population was to double within a century.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h24jpn.html (1391 words)

	The Emperor of Japan and Members of the Imperial Family
		Olav (Norway), the elder son of the late Emperor Shôwa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun (Nagako), was born on 23 December 1933 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
		As crown prince, the present emperor acted in matters of state on behalf of Emperor Showa, in accordance with the 1947 Constitution, during his visits abroad and from the time the emperor became seriously ill in September 1987.
		As Emperor and Empress, Their Imperial Majesties have paid state visits to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (1991), the Peoples' Republic of China (1992), Belgium, Germany and Italy (1992), the Holy See and the European Union (1993), the United States and Brazil (1994), the United Kingdom and Denmark (1998).
	www.geocities.com /jtaliaferro.geo/imphous.html (3737 words)

	GardeningDaily - Emperor Shomu of Japan
		Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇) (701-756) was the 45th imperial ruler of Japan.
		Shōmu's aunt, the previous empress, Gensho, gave him the throne when she abdicated in 724.
		The former emperor personally painted in the statue's irises at the opening ceremony in 752 and declared himself a servant of the Buddha, the Buddhist teaching and the Buddhist monastic establishment, making this the closest anyone ever came to declaring Japan a Buddhist nation.
	www.gardeningdaily.com /flowers-and-plants/Shomu (195 words)

	Emperor Go-Momozono of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Emperor Go-Momozono (後桃園天皇) (August 5, 1758 - December 16, 1779) was the 118th imperial ruler of Japan.
		The Emperor was sickly, and in 1779, he passed away at the age of just 22.
		Because his only child was a daughter, Princess Yoshiko (?) (欣子), he hurriedly adopted a son from the Kan'in branch of the Imperial Family who became Emperor Kōkaku.
	grupos.xasa.us /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/em/emperor_go_momozono_of_japan.html (126 words)

	Kamakura Era: 1192-1333
		Minamoto-no-Yoritomo was the leader of the house Genji and basically was in competition with the Emperor for control of Japan.
		The catch was that the shogun could move those armies without the Emperor's permission, thus making the shogun the true ruling power in the country.
		Emperor Gotoba in Kyoto wanted to take back control of the country and raised his own army.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/jh4.html (770 words)

	Emperor Sanjo of Japan - meaning of word
		Emperor Sanjō (三条天皇) (February 5, 976 - June 5, 1017) was the 67th Emperor of Japan of Japan.
		When the emperor Emperor Ichijo of Japan, another grandson of Kaneie ascended to the throne, Okisada was appointed as heir and crown prince in his teenage.
		Michinaga became the Kampaku regent of Japan during the reign of Ichijō and expected to hold this position in Sanjō's government too, but Sanjō as an matured man in his thirties desired strongly to governm without such influence.
	wordsonline.org /Emperor_Sanjo_of_Japan (498 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan's emperor mourns WWII dead
		The emperor and Empress Michiko laid wreaths and stood in silence at memorials on the island, which was an important Japanese defensive outpost during WWII but is now part of the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands.
		Despite the emperor's stated intention to commemorate all of the island's victims, a memorial to Korean dead was unaccountably left off his schedule, prompting protests from Saipan's Korean community.
		Japan colonised Korea between 1910 and 1945, and about 1,000 Koreans were sent to the island in the 1930s, although most of the current residents moved to the island after the war.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/4628947.stm (475 words)

	Death of the Father: Hirohito & Imperial Japan
		Emperor (1926-1989) portrayed himself as unsmiling, distant, and god-like.
		With the military defeat and allied occupation in 1945, Japanese imperial authority, along with Emperor Hirohito, died a
		After the defeat, the Allies stripped Hirohito of power, but allowed him to retain his title as a "symbolic" Emperor.
	cidc.library.cornell.edu /DOF/japan/japan.htm (241 words)

	ZNet \|Japan \| The Emperor, Modern Japan and the U.S.-Japan Relationship:
		What distinguished him from a Hitler or a Mussolini, or for that matter, a Churchill or a Roosevelt or any other Western leader, is that he stood at the head of a state and was considered to be a living deity.
		Emperor Meiji was his model, not his father, and he was the product of an intense socialization and indoctrination process.
		Today Japan confronts a world shaped by a new militarism that has arisen in the United States, a new face of empire, a government in Washington that has not hesitated to launch and justify wars of aggression.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=8619 (2672 words)

	Royalty.nu - Chinese History - The Last Emperor of China, Henry Pu Yi (Hsuan Tung)
		To make sure the current emperor didn't interfere in her plans, it is said, she had him poisoned.
		From Emperor to Citizen by Henry Pu Yi.
		The Last Emperor by Arnold C. Brackman is a vivid biography of P'u Yi.
	www.royalty.nu /Asia/China/PuYi.html (3142 words)

	Emperor Haile Selassie I, Part 3
		The history of this period, the height of the Emperor's reign leading to his Silver Jubilee, and the decline, from the 1960 coup attempt to the revolution of 1974 is comming soon.
		Emperor Haile Selassie had built a huge new sarcophagus for himself and a matching one for his wife in the north trancept of the Nave in Holy Trinity Cathedral.
		Following the disinternment of the Emperor's remains from the secret grave he was placed in by the Derg in 1991, disputes between the government in Ethiopia and the Imperial family over whether the Emperor should receve a state funeral or not, erupted.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/ethiocrown/HaileIII.html (7531 words)

	Emperor Imperatives
		Her twenty life points are the ones that count – an emperor can survive without one or both lieutenants, but the entire team is dead when the emperor goes down.
		Whereas the first two options assume that the emperor will play a part on the battlefields to her left and/or right, there is no rule that states she must get involved at all.
		One of the most effective decks I’ve seen in emperor was something from my brother-in-law Paul that used the well-known Prosperity – Viseling combo to blow out the other team, while adding in bounce and countermagic to support his own teammates.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/aa99 (2868 words)

	Emperor Hirohito (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hirohito, the 124th emperor of Japan, was to become Japan’s longest reigning emperor.
		And during the time that he tutored him he tried to instill in him many of the character traits that he would need to rule a nation.
		On January 1, 1946 the Emperor once and for all gave up any claims to being a sacred monarch by issuing a rescript that denied his divinity as a descendant of the sun-goddess.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b3hirohito.htm (1129 words)

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