The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

With the chairman off, a downgrade and the Japanese no longer likely to bid, the shares are unlikely to make further progress in the short term.

It truly saddens me, however, that the relationship so nurtured between our two countries should have been marred by the Second World War. The Empress and I can never forget the many kinds of suffering so many people have undergone because of that war. At the thought of the scars of war that they bear, our hearts are filled with deep sorrow and pain.