Emperor Akihito visits Canada
The Emperor and Empress of Japan are in Canada right now. Here’s some video of their arrival:
The Globe and Mail has an optimistic article up about how the imperial visit will help improve Canada’s image in Japan.
Experts say this heavy media coverage offers a prime opportunity for Canada to break through some of the stereotypes it faces among the Japanese, who are expected to devour coverage of the tour.
“Japan, as do most countries, has quite a limited view of what Canada is,” said Ken Coates, the president of the Japan Studies Association and a professor at the University of Waterloo. “It tends to be, ‘Let’s go see some moose, some Mounties and some mountains.’ So this is a marvellous opportunity.”
Seeing as most of the news programs I saw today devoted less than a minute of coverage to the first day of the imperial visit to Canada, I don’t expect that we’ll see anything special about Canada.
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