29 November 2011 Asia and Indonesia

100 YEARS AGO IN JAPAN

A hundred years ago, in November 1911, a journey by the Emperor of Japan to Kyushu was delayed by a minor accident at a station called Moji. In atonement for his "grave remissness of duty", the stationmaster committed suicide on the track. When he heard the story, the Emperor graciously directed tha

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