(Symbolically Imperial Capital Tokyo)In Japan, as I once wrote, the year 2009 is also called "Heiser 21."
Since the Chinese people abolished their emperor through revolution and the Empire of Japan moved the last Chinese Emperor to Manchuria in the early 20th century, China uses only Anno Domini or the Christian Era (as they respect Marxism, Western philosophy).
However, in Japan, each time a new emperor ascends to the throne, a new name of an era is adopted according to a nominally 2500 year-long tradition; thus the present Emperor has been praised with the name of his era "Heisei" since January 8, 1989. Accordingly, this year is the 20th anniversary for His Majesty The Emperor and Her Majesty The Empress.
The kanji letter "Hei" means peace; the one "Sei" means being accomplished.
Unlike his father Showa Emperor, demanded to be the institutional head of descendants of samurais who governed the Empire of Japan even after the fall of the Tokugawa samurai regime, today's Emperor has never been honorably in regimentals. The Emperor is not authorized to lead military of what ever sort today by the Japanese Constitution. It is Prime Minister of Japan who is in that charge.
Most importantly, the Imperial House has its own Shintoism religion, which is however not the state religion of Japan today, since there is no state religion in Japan though people are under strong influence of Confucianism, Buddhism, Shintoism, and some Western philosophy.
SECTION I: PEACE AND JUDAISM
(To be continued...)
1Ki 11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
1Ki 11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1Ki 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1Ki 11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.