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Well-wishers wave national flags to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sunday.
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semperfi
Brings back memories of England earlier this year at Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee . . . . . I suppose having a monarch kind of gives the nation an 'enduring' symbol of its entity.
avigator
Long live the emperor! But back home they would say: " Every crazy one with his theme".
The passage
Great, people having fun - that is so good to see!
Jechan
How many people in this crowd would have a clue as to why or to whom they are celebrating. "everybody else is doing it, so let's do it, too." - seems to be one of the themes of Japan's mass-celebratory events.
nath
I am surprised that people have the time and energy to do this. Its curious. There would probably be a few more posts on this thread, but the mods are deleting any that are critical or vaguely negative. Tenno heika banzai! (Satisfied)
darbysan
it must bring tears of joy to the emperors face to see the respect these people have for him long live the emperor and happy birthday from me
Seiryuu_Dan
more than 10,000 attendees celebrated the Emperor birthday at the Imperial Palace.
Long live the Emperor!
君が代は 千代に八千代に 細石の 巌となりて 苔の生すまで