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...meeting between Emperor and President is an unprecedented incident for the slight, shy Hirohito, the 124th ruler in an unbroken line that stretches back 2,600 years. He was considered "sacred and inviolable" in prewar Japan; under the constitution imposed on Japan after the war, he became no more than a "symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." As a figure shorn of real power, the Emperor carefully avoids political discussions. The list of acceptable topics for discussion at Elmendorf, therefore, consists of little more than anecdotes about Nixon's six earlier visits to Japan...
Against this background of U.S.-Japanese conflict, Emperor Hirohito's trip assumes new significance. While in most respects it is simply high-level tourism, the journey symbolizes an attempt to reach out to the West and to find ties with nations other than...
...Japan itself, the brief meeting between Hirohito and Nixon will overshadow the rest of the itinerary. Never have a U.S. President and a Japanese Emperor met in the 117 years since Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet of U.S. "black ships" opened feudal Japan to the West. Dwight Eisenhower nearly made it to Japan in 1960, but massive demonstrations by anti-American students in Tokyo forced Ike to turn back. Initially, the plans for the Emperor's tour called for no presidential appearance at Anchorage. Tentatively, Mrs. Nixon or Julie and David Eisenhower were being considered to meet the royal couple...
...joke making the rounds in Washington, alluding to a recent movie title, has the Emperor asking: "Who is Richard Nixon and why is he doing those terrible things to my country...
TWICE a year, Emperor Hirohito of Japan greets his subjects from a balcony of the Imperial Palace in the heart of Tokyo. Even these rare public appearances?on Jan. 2 and April 29, his birthday?have an atmosphere of isolation. Since 1969, when a deranged man fired a metal ball at them with a slingshot, Hirohito and Empress Nagako have been protected by a thick transparent shield. Last week, when four students invaded the palace grounds to protest the Emperor's trip to Europe, they had no idea where to locate him. When they hesitated, palace guards caught up with...