The Emperor and his consort, the Empress, are styled as their Imperial Majesties. The Emperor’s mother is similarly styled and addressed. The Emperor’s male children and their spouses are Imperial Highnesses. The Emperor’s female children are Imperial Highnesses, unless they marry a commoner. (See below).

Unlike many European royal families (e.g., the Windsors), the Japanese Imperial Family has no surname. As a result, when a woman marries into the family, she loses her last name. In many instances, she is known by a feminized version of her husband’s first name. Thus, Princess Kiko, the wife of the Emperor’s second son, Prince Akishino, is sometimes known as Princess Akishino.

The Japanese Imperial Family is the longest reigning dynasty in the world. The first known Emperor was Jimmu who lived from 660 B.C. to 585 B.C. The Imperial Family is therefore approximately 2,600 years old.

Under Japan’s post-war Constitution, the emperor is merely a symbol of the state. He is a purely ceremonial figure and has no political powers at all. He plays no role in the government and can only perform those ceremonial acts which are listed in the Constitution. A few examples are: awarding honours; meeting foreign diplomats, heads of state, or politicians; and making occasional ceremonial speeches. Even then, he may only perform those actions if the cabinet approves.

No. The Imperial Family has few private assets of its own. After Japan’s defeat in WWII, the occupying allies confiscated all of Emperor Hirohito’s property, assets and money as punishment for Japan’s actions during the war. It is said that the Imperial Family was worth billions before the war. Now, the Imperial Family depends on an annual stipend which they receive from the Imperial Household Agency (“IHA”) in an amount determined by the government.

The Imperial was the flagship luxury - and sometimes performance - car produced by Chrysler Corporation between 1924 and 1994. The first "Imperial Sedan" and "Crown Imperial" models were undistinguished, but as introduced in 1925, the 1926 model Imperial 80 was a high performance six cylinder intended to compete with Packard, Cadillac, Lincoln and Pierce Arrow. In 1928, the L80 Imperial with the 112 hp "Red Head" engine was the most powerful US production car .

The Japanese Imperial family does not have a coat of arms or heraldic device like the European monarchies. It does, however, have a crest which is the chrysanthemum and which is used on the cover of passports for Japanese citizens. Japan has no national emblem per se. This page and its contents are ?2005 Copyright by Geraldine Voost and may not be reproduced without the authors permission. Content for this page has been provided by . Send comments and feedback to

In 1957, Chrysler Corporation was faced with a decision regarding the fate of the Crown Imperial, its long-wheelbase limousine. Until that time the limousines had been built alongside regular Imperials. It was economically feasible to do so because this same chassis and many of the same body parts were shared with long wheelbase versions of Desoto and Chrysler. The radical redesign of the entire 1957 Chrysler Corporation line-up left no room for an in-house limousine program.

I've had nothing but good work at Restorations by Julius, a shop specializing in MOPARs. Julius Steuer can be reached also at 818-882-2825 and is located at 10101 1/2 Canoga Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311. He's also very close to an Amtrak station, so don't hesitate to bring your Imperial from Virginia and take the train home! (Bob Schmitt) quot;Did I give you my mechanics number? He loves old cars...he started on them and he's in his 50's. He has always fixed my Imperial.

Yes. Each and every member of your family can go to the IndianMagic Mail Web site http://mail.indian-magic.net and create a personal account for himself or herself. In fact, IndianMagic Mail does not allow account sharing, so we encourage families to sign up for an account for each family member who will be using IndianMagic Mail.

I can recall two factory Imperial show cars, at least. In 1958, the Imperial d'Elegance toured the auto shows. It was a non-functional futuristic four door hardtop which, amazingly, predicted the busy contours of the Valiant. Exner is said to have disliked it, perhaps because of the bizarre proportions. In 1965, another Imperial show car was constructed, called the Imperial LeBaron d'Or. It was simply a custom trimmed LeBaron painted laurel gold, with gold striping and trim.

From 1926 through 1936 the Imperial had its own engine. The 1926 through 1930 used an inline L-head 6 displacing 288 (26-27) and 310 (28-30) cubic inches. Power output reached 112 hp with the 310 engine. This engine was different from the rest of the Chrysler sixes with a bore of 3.5" (288) and 3 9/16" on the 310 engine. Both engines had a 5 inch stroke and had 7 main bearings. The Imperial six became the base for the Imperial 8 which was introduced in 1931.

Louis Ringe wrote: If a black car has a lapse in registration it will be fitted with NEW plates (at least in Ca.) I found this out when I went to register the Black Beauty which hasn't been done since 1982 and they put new plates on it. And Chris Hoffman wrote: If the original plates are still with the car and you have an old registration to prove they belong to the car, the California DMV, with some prodding (not easy but possible... helps to have a good DMV runner), will let you reattach them.

Each Whitetail Institute food plot product is designed for different situations. Imperial Clover is a blend of various clovers designed to be planted in good heavy soils or in other words, soils that hold moisture. A good example would be bottomland soils. Imperial Alfa-Rack is a blend of the proprietary clover developed by the Whitetail Institute and specifically selected grazing varieties of alfalfa.

Queen Margrethe II is addressed as Her Majesty The Queen and her husband is addressed as His Royal Highness The Prince Consort. Only children of the monarch, children of the heir to the throne and their wives are addressed as His/Her Royal Highness. All other princes and princesses are addressed as His/Her Highness.

Yes, shortly before your departure to Ecuador we will inform you of your address and phone number in Ecuador.

If that is the case, you will have to submit to a new email address. You can do this without any cost by going to www.hotmail.com

This information can be obtained on the upper green bar on the home page under Property Search or by calling the Assessor's office or Building Inspection.

The Chrysler Corporation Production Option Code Book published by Galen Govier shows the following for 1972-1975's: Even though the Chrysler, Polara, Monaco, Fury and the Imperial all used the body code of C, the Imperial car line was a given the "Y" designation, the first digit indicating it was a separate line in the scheme of things. Notice the "Y" body Imperial is called a LeBaron - nowhere does it indicate Chrysler.

Not at present. Sorry. As well as being only English speakers, we are children of the metric generation. Like multi language support, we see it as a higher priority to improve the quality of the information in the database than attempt to translate what data there is into different measurement bases. The metric system is good, trust us. In the future perhaps we will add imperial conversion, but do not hold your breath. back to top