Word: kimigayo
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...bunch of bananas in the other, in case the champion needed a postcompetition potassium boost, Naoya's mother confided: "Back in 1976, I had this dream that Japan would win gold, and they did. Then, just before we left for Athens, I had another dream, where I heard the Kimigayo [the Japanese national anthem]. So I knew that we would taste success again...
...offensive military capability, and to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, a contentious memorial for dead war veterans (including World War II war criminals), have elicited outcries abroad but little to none at home. Two years ago the Diet restored the World War II-era Hinomaru flag and Emperor-worshiping Kimigayo anthem as official standard-bearers for the nation. A film like Pearl Harbor, says the Prime Minister's spokesman, Kazuhiko Koshikawa, is "quite fictitious and one-sided. Japan is portrayed as the enemy, and wrong. The U.S. is portrayed as right...