"This sort of thing reminds us that, like the Japanese, we live under one of the world’s two really serious and enduring monarchies. [...] I am oversimplifying, of course, but Japanese history teaches us, perhaps better than our own, to disregard the temptation to denounce monarchies as useless (or wasteful) just because they have no obvious everyday function."
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https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-indistinguishable-from-magic-on-japans-new-era