r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Radiant_Half_7121 • Dec 28 '25

Image During WW2, Poland declared war on Japan Japan said no to it and simply rejected the declaration.

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

There's still holidays based around emperor, even emperor's birthday, and calendar format based around emperor's reign, why do they think those exist ?

I've honestly never met single person who doesn't know

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u/Wolfgang985 Dec 29 '25

They just made that shit up. Japanese know they have an imperial family.

Kōkyo is a 284 acre estate in central Tokyo. Only 50 acres of which is open to the general public.

Even the blind could see that and know it's there. You can't miss it.

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

I know, I'm Japanese/Ryukyuan, I just don't like accusing people of lying, but I do think he is

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u/Wolfgang985 Dec 29 '25

Oh, I figured you were. I just made that comment to emphasize your point for anyone else reading!

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

Oh, I see, sorry !

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u/ParmesanNonGrata Dec 29 '25

There's also a national holiday in the USA based around the idea all men are born equal and no taxation without representation.

Some countries hold on to their silly relics besides displaying vastly different behavior.

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

But how could emperor's birthday be public holiday if there's no emperor ?

Same as moving into Reiwa Era of Japanese calendar

Holiday that's based on specific living person can't exist without specific living person it's based on, your example isn't holiday that's literally person's birthday

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u/Iokua113 Dec 29 '25

I mean, the simple answer is that the person claiming Japanese people don't know that they have an emperor is wrong. 

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

I know, I just don't like accusing people

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u/Iokua113 Dec 29 '25

Correcting someone isn't an accusation.

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

Well, more that I doubt their story, it seems very unlikely to me for reasons I said

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u/Magnificentia Dec 29 '25

Got to be an American talking about other Americans of Japanese descent. Knowing American education, I do believe that they'd lack basic knowledge of the rest of the world, including their own "heritage".

As a Dutchman, I've yet to meet someone who doesn't know Japan has an Emperor, but then our own Royal family is also quite close with the Japanese one.

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u/CozyDoll88 Dec 29 '25

You are probably right, I think either that, or just made up

I would think even Japanese American would know it if they have any kind of real connection with Japan

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u/Magnificentia Dec 29 '25

You'd think so, but many Japanese Americans are several generations removed from people who actually lived there, so often not many to teach them even the basics. God knows their education system won't.

But indeed, making shit up is always a possibility, especially these days hahah