Word: imperiales
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Milosevic's worldview, in which the Serbs are perpetual victims of the aggressions of their neighbors and of American imperial designs, is unlikely to find much traction in the West. But his arguments may resonate with many Serbs, who still believe that the Kosovo Albanians were externally-funded terrorists. Still...
6. Princess Aiko When her diplomat mom married her dad, Crown Prince Naruhito, back in 1993, young Japanese women expected Crown Princess Masako to become a role model. Instead of shaking up the ossified imperial household, the Harvard graduate almost disappeared from public view. Now the modernizing mantle falls on...
The 3.1-kg, 49.6-cm-tall princess doesn't have a name yet. (Emperor Akihito will bestow one this weekend.) But even before the Emperor sent his new grandchild a traditional sword, before the little princess had her first bath in a sacred cedar tub, and before she was outfitted...
Ever since the end of World War II, when Emperor Hirohito was stripped of his divinity, Japan's royals have used life's milestones to strengthen their bonds with a skeptical Japanese public. Beneath the veneer of respect and admiration for the royals, there is still residual resentment over the...
Shortly after Masako's pregnancy was announced, there was a flurry of discussion about changing imperial laws to scrap the requirement that a male take the throne. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi himself said he thought it was a good idea. But last month, a leading Liberal Democratic Party politician, Taro...