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Is it generally true that, if the Emperor has to refer to himself by name, he'll use his birth name? The one case I've seen that seems this way is that the fir

• kaybe 8y ago
  Oh wow, it must be insane to be co-author to the emperor! From the outside it's a weird juxtaposion of a traditional, old (from a European point of view) system of state and an everyday modern way of conducting scientific research. You'd just not expect this kind of contact, somehow.
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    > From the outside it's a weird juxtaposion of a traditional, old (from a European point of view) system of state and an everyday modern way of conducting scientific research. You'd just not expect this kind of contact, somehow. Well, what seems to be the most visible European monarchy outside of its own country (the British) seems to still largely adhere to the custom of the monarch (and, to a lesser extent, the close royal family) refraining from anything that looks like work (military service of the close royal family being a notable exception) outside of royal duties, which might color that expectation.
    • repolfx 8y ago
      Prince William is a professional coast guard helicopter pilot. He has done real work in the past, at least.
      • dragonwriter 8y ago
        > Prince William is a professional coast guard helicopter pilot. That was among his military roles, yes; perhaps more to the point he took a paid (though his entire salary was donated) position as a pilot with the East Anglia Air Ambulance for a couple years, which I think was a bit unusual (but as it was paid work for a charity with the whole salary donated back to the charity, arguably is really a form of charity volunteer work, which probably should be listed as an exception along with military service for the close royal family.)
  • Isamu 8y ago
    So the co-authors have an Akihito Number of 1. Does anybody on the thread have an Akihito Number of 3 or less?
    • uremog 8y ago
      I (3) believe one of my friends (2) served one of the princesses (1) tea at a ceremony once when they visited Hawaii.
      • kaybe 8y ago
        All of those need to publish papers with each other to qualify, probably. Maybe we can find another measure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number
    • rangibaby 8y ago
      My grandfather was Akihito’s waiter in the 80s
  • unsignedint 8y ago
    And one of the princes, too. Akishinomiya F (Fumihito) is emperor's second prince.
• blattimwind 8y ago
  "The Imperial Residence, 1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0001, Japan." Is his phone number 001-0000-0001?
  • h1d 8y ago
    Maybe 090-0000-0001. (090 signifies a mobile phone number)