1, Hirohfto is
d.sc€ndeni of an unbroken linc of sreichins Lack ove. 2,500 years, a fact wni.I herps h.re lully tle }istolical risnilicatrce or tlis jonrney. t]1e
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2. Japaa,, growins posiiion in Norld affairs can rre neasured in the economic spLere -- wnere Japan has developed t]1e vorldis tlird la! gest €c.nohy and one of its most dynamic. It can bc measured i. the p.liLi.a1 spnere, vhere Japan nas leen in.reasingly inwolved in lh.se political councils Nlich arc helping to shape tn and or t]1e entire planet. Ana it i3 true, thirdry, in the curhral splere, vnere Japaneee art, literatur€,
3, $hen th. Japan€se nowerist (awataba ieceived rhe Nobel pdze for literatue in 1958, ihe .itari.n praised nim for building ,,a spii tual bridse sranninS behle Tno.e s2De volds
can he !3€d to des.rirre Japanese accohplishments in many fie1d3. For in a $idc warieiy or ways! tre Japanese people have been helpinc to bring the Easi and !\rest into clo3e! communicarion. Tllc Emperoris journ€y can be seen as adother sre! thai process.
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The President wisited Japatr in 1951 s,hen he vas Vice President. He was homred in Mo .peciar vays otr thar wis i First, tne wisi! Ras accorded the siatus oI a s he $as grantcd thc lirst audicn.c thai the Emperor gialled ro a.y state wisitor in the posivar
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5. rn 19?0, Jnrie and David Eisenhorver !.prcsenie the srcat inr€rnaiionar exp.sftiotr in osaka. The ttem€ of ihat e{posiiion, i Pr.giess and Harmony tor a1t Ma.tiind,, expresses rI€ hole {,hjch unites the Japanese and ine Ameri.an people and peo?t€ everywhere- The Emperor,B jonrney can be seen as an eloqnent expression