日本の紙幣には天皇を載せるべき？載せないべき？
You probably heard of the news about the loss of British Queen, the queen Elizabeth II.
We had a such a significant impact from the loss of Queen Elizabeth II for political, social, and international aspects.
Such an impact affects a daily life in UK. In fact, there are so many things which have her face as a design. The biggest bill, the 50 British pound bill, has her face on it.
However, now the queen has passed away, the design of the 50 GBP bill is going to change from the bottom one to the top one as above. Though there are still so many of the old 50 British pound bills in circulation, they will be eventually replaced with the new bill with the profile of the King face.
The same thing applies to the stamp (切手). The design of the postal stamp will also swap the queen with the new King. It sound very royal, doesn't it?
And most surprisingly, the lyrics of the national anthem of UK will change as well! The British national anthem goes “God save our gracious Queen” changes to “God save our gracious King”. Of course it could take some time for British people to get used to the new lyrics, this is one of the historical changes.
A lot of things regarding this change can be found in the web page.
My point today is, royal members are worth getting attentions on our daily things, such as national anthems, bills, and stamps.
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With everything begin said, the debate topic is: should Japanese bills have the Japanese emperor on a Japanese bill?
Not many countries maintain the royal family systems and the other political organizations like the Congress or the national Diet. This indicates that it is very unique to maintain such a system. In fact, Japan has the longest history of a royal family system across the world. Isn't it astonishing?
Additionally, we all the Japanese know that the Japanese emperor works as "the symbol" of Japan. If that's the case, why don't we have him on a Japanese bill? Why not?
What we have so far on Japanese bills are mainly politicians, poets, and scientists. But why don't we do the same to the Japanese emperor?
Now, it's your time to start crafting your argument.
If you have any questions, please let me know!