Consider Akihito’s 1992 visit to China – the first such visit by any Japanese emperor. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s government – grateful for Japan’s reluctance to maintain punitive sanctions over the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and eager for international recognition, not to mention Japanese capital and commercial technologies – had extended seven invitations over two years.
就拿明仁天皇1992年出访中国来说吧，这是日本天皇第一次出访。中国领导人邓小平的政府——感谢日本没有就1989年天安门大屠杀采取惩罚性制裁，并急切地渴望获得国际认可，更不用说期盼日本的资本和商业技术了——在两年的时间里七次发出邀请。