
1) Composition in C major 2) Empire of Japan
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Prior to 1945, `Kimigayo` served as the national anthem of the Empire of Japan, however, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved following its surrender at the end of World War II, its parliamentary democracy successor state, the State of Japan, replaced it in 1945, the polity therefore changed from a system based on imperial sovereignty to one b.....
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(from the article `Education`) Japanese officials in March ordered the punishment of teachers who failed to stand during secondary-school graduation ceremonies for the singing of ...
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