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bjarvis ([personal profile] bjarvis) wrote2008-01-02 08:21 am
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This Day In 1946

Emperor Hirohito to the Japanese people: I am not a god.

Japanese people: WTF?!
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[identity profile] madknits.livejournal.com 2008-01-02 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You gotta wonder what kind of fallout that statement created.

[identity profile] pklexton.livejournal.com 2008-01-02 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Or did he just say "I am not a living god" leaving open the claim that he is descended from the gods?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningen-sengen

They didn't call it "Lost in Translation" for nothing.
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