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The Japanese psyche:Why have people fallen again and again for.
(From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi))
`I think the Japanese enjoy made-up stories-they never seem to bother to check whether the logic is consistent with the facts.' YASUO NAGAYAMA Writer It would have been the social event of the year, had it not been for one thing. Everything about the ``royal wedding'' was bogus
This curious case resulted in the indictment for fraud of two men and a woman on Nov. 11
A man calling himself Prince Satohito Arisugawa held a ``royal wedding banquet'' in Tokyo in April. Several celebrities were among the 400 guests, who presented 13 million yen in gifts
During the event, the ``groom'' donned imperial robes and a military uniform, while his ``bride'' wore junihitoe, a multilayered formal court robe, and a long white wedding gown. The couple posed with guests for photographs-for 10,000 yen a pop
Problem was, the pair did not actually wed. And, it …
