Word: takachiho
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knowledgeable Japanese have taken the tale seriously since Emperor Hirohito conceded in 1946 that he was only human, after all. Last week, determined to clear up the matter of the nation's divine origins, a band of 30 jeep-riding scientists swarmed around the mountain peak of Takachiho on the island of Kyushu, where, according to legend. Ho-wori-no-mikoto, the heavenly ancestor of emperors, came to earth...
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