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Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma

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Re: Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Italy, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_monarchies#Mode...

Germany was not a monarchy during ww2. The Italian king fought for both axis and allies (and joining the allies was a big reason why he was voted out after the war). Yugoslavia was invaded by the axis, as was Greece.

> The Italian king fought for both axis and allies (and joining the allies was a big reason why he was voted out after the war).

...I'm not sure that a monarch who can be voted out is really an autocrat in the way most people think of when they hear the term.

Re: Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma

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I just love the legalese idealization, on "how the emperor is challenging the law" I mean, 'legal scholars' taking themselves too serious for a change...

The rest of the text just reads like legal sadism against a person who apparently is all powerful but shouldn't do anything

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