Maybe Article 9 wasn't the only mistake

[wombat_socho]

Apparently the Showa Emperor wasn't too keen on having Class A war criminals memorialized at Yasukuni Shrine, according to a 1988 memorandum written by one of his grand stewards. The article goes on to note that the Showa Emperor did not visit the shrine after the memorialization took place, although he had visited Yasukuni eight times since the end of the war. One wonders, if he had been able to express his opinion more openly as the titular Head of State, would the the controversial memorialization have taken place? It seems significant that it didn't happen while a relative of the Emperor was chief priest there.

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[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

Considering how indirect and euphemistic Japanese are in their communications, it's a wonder they can express any kind of coherent thoughts. Kyoko Mori (http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780449004289) is just describing the tip of an enormous iceberg.