Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-400920-20121221113452/@comment-4780584-20121223185659

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.