Saturday, July 09, 2011

The Emperor's Speech

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Gavan-McCormack/3517
The Akihito address used form and content that subconsciously linked the two occasions in listeners’ minds. Through it, the Japanese state implicitly called on the people to appreciate that, beyond the disaster unfolding in northeastern Japan the country itself faces a shift in direction comparable to that of 1945.

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