By TOSHIHIRO OKUYAMA/ Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Lower House Speaker Shigesaburo Maeo, foreground, and Emperor Showa in 1975 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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