21.   None of the four questions posed came anywhere near the topic of an heir, which these days is one of the most discussed issues regarding the imperial family.

22.   South Koreans believe that it was their emigrants who brought civilization to Japan and that a Korean clan probably founded the Japanese imperial family.

23.   The agency, with mo bureaucrats, clerks, and assistants, manages the public persona of the imperial family, and it is fiercely traditional and conservative.

24.   The imperial family has sparked a consumer boom before.

25.   The micro-management of her words by the imperial agency offers a glimpse of the challenges facing newcomers to the imperial family such as the crown princess.

26.   The present emperor, and the scion of the oldest imperial family in the world, is Akihito, whose original name was Tsugu Akihito.

27.   The sun goddess Amaterasu, from whom the imperial family descends, has her shrine at nearby Ise.

28.   There was movement, if not a solution, Tuesday night in the standoff between U.S. and Russian interests over the treasures of the Russian imperial family.

29.   They were cousins and descendants of the Ming imperial family.

30.   To curry favors with the Imperial family and enlist its support, the Tokugawa shogunate rebuilt the Imperial Palace in the center of Kyoto.