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This book scrutinizes historical controversies regarding the past and the future of Japan in the age of Emperor Akihito. In Section I, each chapter discusses a different aspect of the historical controversy. The text then moves on to present a collection of the public discourse of Emperor Akihito, which offers a valuable source for analysis. This investigation of the constitutionally prescribed role of the Emperor as a national symbol will serve to help the reader understand contemporary Japanese society.

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Takeshi Suzuki received his PhD in Communication Studies from Northwestern University, USA. He is a Professor in the School of Information and Communication at Meiji University, Japan, and a Visiting Scholar at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University. His recent publications include The Rhetoric of Emperor Hirohito: Continuity and Rupture in Japan's Dramas of Modernity (2017).

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