Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-400920-20121221113452/@comment-400920-20121223195732

Nkbeeching wrote: Vexacus wrote: Well, I had no idea it was still classified an Empire. But that raises more questions than it answers no it actually doesnt.

after japan lost ww 2 the amerixcans kept the instituition of the emperor alive to retain civil order and unity in japan, or at least i think thats why. since the monarch is an emperor, the nation is an empire.

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"