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Japan's imperial couple leaves for official India tour
The Times of India ^ | Nov 30, 2013 | timesofindia.com

Posted on 12/01/2013 1:32:25 PM PST by Moorings

TOKYO: Japan's royal couple left Tokyo for India on Saturday, starting the first-ever official visit there by a Japanese emperor.

The trip is the first by any Japanese emperor to India although Akihito, 79, visited there in the early 1960s when he was crown prince.

Japan's emperor is the nominal head of state and does not enjoy political powers. But customarily, the emperor's visit to any country is highly significant and signals a peak in bilateral ties.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoasia; china; india; japan; royals
Hmmmm... Just a coincidence, or a growing alignment as a response to a common threat??
1 posted on 12/01/2013 1:32:25 PM PST by Moorings
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To: Moorings

Hmmmm...me thinks you might be right.


2 posted on 12/01/2013 1:36:53 PM PST by Conservative4Ever (A pox on the House of Apple and the ios7 horse they rode in on.)
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To: Moorings

“Hmmmm... Just a coincidence, or a growing alignment as a response to a common threat??”

Look for an alliance involving Israel, India, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Israel will probably deploy nuclear weapons for them.


3 posted on 12/01/2013 1:54:00 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: Moorings

“...response to a common threat...”

Bingo; we have a winner!


4 posted on 12/01/2013 2:12:54 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Moorings
Japan's emperor is the nominal head of state

Nothing nominal about it. He's just as much head of state as Queen Elizabeth.

5 posted on 12/01/2013 2:23:55 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Gen.Blather
Look for an alliance involving Israel, India, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Israel will probably deploy nuclear weapons for them.

India already has nukes. The others could develop them very quickly whenever they decide to. Though I would hope Taiwan would not be so foolish as to do so. Poking the tiger in the eye and all that.

6 posted on 12/01/2013 2:25:19 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Moorings


7 posted on 12/01/2013 2:28:05 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Another article mentioned that this is only the fifth time that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has personally received a visiting leader at the airport in the last ten years as prime minister. Two of the receptions were for U.S. presidents Bush and Obama, once for the Saudi King, and then another time for an important neighbor, Nepal.


8 posted on 12/01/2013 2:41:32 PM PST by Moorings
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The Empress’s outfit is very tasteful.


9 posted on 12/01/2013 2:42:54 PM PST by Tax-chick (Now with more LOL and less UNNNGH.)
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They’re both elegantly dressed. Tradition is very important in Japan.


10 posted on 12/01/2013 2:46:29 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Without being up close, I can’t tell if a gentleman’s suit is extra-classy or just pretty nice ;-), but I suspect Emperor Akihito is in the height of conservative style for his age and social class.


11 posted on 12/01/2013 2:49:21 PM PST by Tax-chick (Now with more LOL and less UNNNGH.)
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I’d be willing to guess that his suit cost a small fortune. :)


12 posted on 12/01/2013 2:53:59 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Gen.Blather

Philippines included? Possibly even Vietnam? and Singapore?


13 posted on 12/01/2013 3:05:47 PM PST by JSDude1 (Defeat Hagan, elect a Constutional Conservative: Dr. Greg Brannon!)
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“Philippines included? Possibly even Vietnam? and Singapore?”

I don’t think they’d bring much to the party. I was reluctant to include Korea as they have a huge cultural issue with Japan. The party they won’t include is the US.


14 posted on 12/01/2013 3:16:00 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: JSDude1

India has been building relationships with the Philippines and Vietnam (especially Vietnam). Singapore has some military ties with India. Singapore air force and army do some of their training in India. India allows them to keep a training base there, due to the limited space in Singapore. Singapore is the only country allowed to operate such a military facility in India.


15 posted on 12/01/2013 3:23:52 PM PST by Moorings
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To: Gen.Blather

>>>“Philippines included? Possibly even Vietnam? and Singapore?”

I don’t think they’d bring much to the party. I was reluctant to include Korea as they have a huge cultural issue with Japan. The party they won’t include is the US.<<<

IMO, right now major players in counter-Chinese alliance are Russia, India, Vietnam and Japan. Russia is a brain of the scheme covertly leading from behind, India is a nerve and Vietnam is a claw. Japan is yet to define it’s role as it is new to this game. SoKo and Philippines aren’t yet in game, but their interests are close to Japan’s.

Needless to say that US is not a part of any alliance like that and does anything to help China, mostly in Central Asia.


16 posted on 12/01/2013 10:58:06 PM PST by cunning_fish
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To: Gen.Blather
Look for an alliance involving Israel, India, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Israel will probably deploy nuclear weapons for them.
India has there own nukes. No one is recognizing Taiwan. (1989 was the year to do that!)
Korea hates Japan and keeps arguing over lost islands, while the DPRK kills tens of thousands of Koreans yearly and China makes claims on South Korea.
17 posted on 12/02/2013 12:07:25 AM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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