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Emperor hopes for end of coronavirus pandemic in poem ceremony

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Everybody is hoping for an end to the pandemic. However, hope is not a plan.

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Hope and Poem? Vaccine we already have it, what people need is science based public policy now.

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Hope is not a recipe for the the end of Covid, maybe lawsuits

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Emperor Naruhito again expressed his hope for the end of the coronavirus pandemic in a poem recited Tuesday at an annual ceremony.

How does one express hopes when one is totally insulated from the effects and privations of the pandemic by a population who are actually experiencing it?

An infinite supply of good will and grace? How gracious.

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I bless those about to die/suffer, income loss I bless you all. Shuffle to the left job done. Back into my IHA box.

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Not that his words carry much weight, but I'm glad they centered on an implied desire to open up the borders.

My 4-year old doesn't really know his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Easy to sit in your public tax paid crib to mutter a few words to the peasants then go back to your world of magic and wonder.

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a lot of "hope" in today's news....

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Yes, why not? While spreading the whole truth isn’t really an option because only a very few could fully stand it, maybe spreading some hope by such poems is better, although having nearly no effects in practice.

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Aren't we all, but I don't think it will happen any time soon. Viruses don't discriminate, not even for royalty.

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As our contacts with the world remain difficult

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Blame the Ministry of Health for their overreach…

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Elizabeth Gray Vining is seven syllables, and her name would fit neatly into a waka about the book she wrote about her time tutoring then-Crown Prince Akihito, "Windows for the Crown Prince."

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oh thank goodness....everything will be ok now!! Outdated incumbent nobody wrote a poem and asks for hope......what's next? Thoughts and prayers??

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they need to open the window and see the real japan (many ppl here are struggling - financially, mentally etc.. from this pandemic)... writing poems about how beautiful their Palace is while their ppl are suffering kinda shows how out of touch this family are!

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A few muttered words and a poem for the plebs...Talk is cheap and hope is not a policy !

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Makes many feel worse for Japan. Not better.

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I think mankind unites you Emperor, to bring about an end to this nightmare. We cannot let divisive voices tear down what has to be done regarding COVID-19.

A poem, a book, a few words of frontline healthcare workers, etc. can fuel and ignite the fire of hope. I do thank you, whatever my thoughts on royalty are, for serving those who believe in you, with hope and kindness.

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Thank you, Emperor Naruhito.

It is unfortunate that your kind words do not touch the hearts of some of the posters here.

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