HIIRIOHITO AND THE PRTENDER
TOKIO. Emperor Hirohito went to Nagoya on an inspection trip an,d the Japanese oress reported amazingly found himself sharing the Imperial cavaleade with a pretender to the throne. The pretender, Hiromichi Kumazava, was discovered in the rear car of ihe royal procession as it wound through throngs lining the streets. No one could explain his presence. Simultaneously, Koyo Sotomura, -elf-styled historian of the Kumazawa movement, appeared at the head x£ the procession carrying a 10-foot janner outlining the pretender's claims. The crowd gasped, then started ifter Sotomura, who was rescued by )olice. With order restored, Hiroliito con- . inued his visit to this former prosperms commercial city, his longest trip' ■ince the ocoupation. The press did not report what be*ame of Kumazawa, former greenrrocer who startled Japan shortly itfer the occupation by claiming the hrone.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5311, 25 January 1947, Page 2
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138HIIRIOHITO AND THE PRTENDER Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5311, 25 January 1947, Page 2
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