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  • MP's Warning Over 'Blue-Eyed Foreigner' On Japanese Throne

    02/02/2006 6:15:42 PM PST · by blam · 63 replies · 7,011+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-3-2006 | Colin Joyce
    MP's warning over 'blue-eyed foreigner' on Japanese throne By Colin Joyce in Tokyo (Filed: 03/02/2006) A senior Japanese politician has attacked plans to allow a reigning empress in case the child of "a blue-eyed foreigner" succeeds to the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne. The remark by an MP and former trade minister, Takeo Hiranuma, highlighted the way conservatives see the emperor as head of the Japanese race and equate national vigour with racial purity.The government wants to change the law to allow Princess Aiko, the four-year-old granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, to become second in line to the throne. Polls show overwhelming support...