Full potential of India-Japan ties still untapped

There are heads of state and then there are those who are ‘symbols of the state'. The Emperor and Empress of Japan belong to the latter. They do not govern the country but reign over their people, who do not elect them or even adore them — but worship them. In fact, even though Emperor Hirohito officially renounced his divinity after the Second World War, the Japanese people still revere his son who is the ruling monarch astenno or the divine emperor. 

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