Some in Japan See New Intolerance in Reverence for Ailing Emperor

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 15, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

When two college students unfurled a poster criticizing Japanese Emperor Hirohito near the palace where he lies ailing, police quickly hustled them away for questioning.

When a group in Shizuoka tried to schedule a meeting to discuss the role of the emperor, managers refused to make the local public hall available, saying the meeting could trigger "confusion."

And when a Communist legislator in Tokushima criticized the emperor for his "barbarous" suppression of human rights before World War II, the majority in her prefectural assembly promptly voted to strike her remarks from the record.

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