Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-400920-20121221113452/@comment-400920-20121223202315

Fedelede wrote: Vexacus wrote: Yes, they keps the Emperor to retain civil order and unity in post-war Japan. So why is the country simply called "Japan" and not "Imperial Republic of Japan" or some such title that reflects that it is an "Empire" Because "Empire of Japan" has that imperial war connotation and "Imperial Republic", AFAIK, has never been used and is mostly a fiction title.

Also, in Japanese it is State of Japan. They could have used the title "Imperial State of Japan"