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Commentary › It’s time for emperor to rev up his own sound truck

It may have escaped your attention, but there is a fraternity of gentlemen in this country who wear military jumpsuits and drive around in large… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Jul 28 2008

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