https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1121719316620038146

Japan's Emperor Akihito will step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne on April 30 and will be succeeded by Crown Prince Naruhito. This factfile looks at the main duties of Japan's outgoing emperor as he brings the curtain down on his 30-year reign

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6:15 AM - 26 Apr 2019

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A re-post from a friend that shows who our friends are:

Brexit.

The Japanese Prime Minister yesterday TOLD the EU leadership that the EU must ensure that there is a Brexit deal agreed. Failure to do so could lead to japanese investment in the European market being in jeapordy.

Shinzo Abe also hinted that the USA will also not look to kindly upon the EU for hindering any UK/US trade deal..reminding the EU that their 'protectionist policies' are a threat to global trade.

Note: The EU is urgently seeking a Trade Deal with the USA, but not willing to do anything about germany's illegal state subsidies to their Steel Industry and France's subsidies to Airbus.

Meanwhile….

One of the six MEP's on the European parliament's Brexit steering committee…they decide what the EU parliaments position will be….has started a 'war of words' over the Brexit party at the EU elections.

The Belgium MEP and close ally of Guy Verhofstadt stated

• " Britains empire is dead and buried. The EU are the real power now, so get used to it."

• " Even if the UK Brexit party win all the EU MEP seats in parliament, it makes no difference. We will not allow them to disrupt our plans, they will not be allowed to be heard, they are irrelevent."

Opinion.

When the US and Japan both warn the EU, it has consequences if the EU doesn't comply.

As for the Belgium MEP, it just emphasises that there is no democrarcy inside the EU parliament…. when just six MEP's, selected by unelected EU Officials, out of 750 decide how the EU Parliament must and will vote!

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