Word: hirohito
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Bush may still get a front-row seat at Hirohito's funeral in Tokyo, but an American Ambassador in Bangkok is more likely these days than in the past to be kept cooling his heels in the anteroom of a Prime Minister's office -- and less likely to get the U.S. Government's way once he is admitted. In short, American economic problems have become a national security and foreign policy issue...
After a month as President, George Bush had his first chance to make a splash on the world scene. But as he began a series of one-on-one meetings with some of the foreign leaders who went to Japan for the funeral of Emperor Hirohito, Bush suffered a slap from which not even the 6,800 miles between Washington and Tokyo could remove the sting. Disregarding fervent pleas by the President, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 11 to 9 along strict party lines to reject his nomination of former Senator John Tower to be Secretary of Defense...
...government proclaimed today a national holiday, asking all Japanese to "suitably mourn" Hirohito and observe a minute of silence at noon...
Critics of the funeral said Hirohito shared responsibility for World War II, saying that government sponsorship of funeral ceremonies--some of which are related to Shintoism--violate the constitutional separation of state and religion...
...constitution was imposed by the United States after the war, when Hirohito relinquished claims to divine status...