Takeshita's predecessor as a shadow shogun, Tanaka Kakuei, also had a short tenure as premier and resigned because of various scandals.

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After beating Shogun Rua to win the belt, Jones went on to defeat Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort.

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Eric Nakamura, who works in a photo shop and helps run his family's Japanese restaurants, is listed as "Shogun" on the masthead.

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Barth and Mustique (particularly when there are homes like Shogun -- set alone on a cloistered estate and reminiscent of a Japanese imperial palace, koi pond included)?

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Perry's visit touched off a fierce debate between traditionalists and modernizers that eventually culminated in the Meiji Restoration, in which the shogun was forcibly retired and the royal dynasty restored to power.

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So I took out a motorcycle helmet made of fibreglass, with a polycarbonate visor that could take a double-barrel shogun from 10 paces - so I though it could withstand a cricket ball!

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That left Takeshita as the last shadow shogun.

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From the perspective of the daimyo, the procession dazzled the populace while, from the viewpoint of the shogun, the cost involved helped keep the daimyos in check by draining resources they might otherwise channel into insurrections.

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