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After a fun and exciting Presidential election it is time for eJapan's longest and most popular tradition. We are getting close to eJapan's first time to have a FULL year of Empress Day events without missing a single month. This tradition wouldn't exist without its supporters, so keep it up and lets complete 2013 with every month having its own Empress. Make sure you review the rules, and keep reading, more MoCH information about this term and next term events.



Rules
1 - Anyone with access to the MoCH forum has the right to nominate 1 (one) candidate for empress. All nominees should be female. If you wish to nominate a questionable candidate, please present a public case as to why you believe they are acceptable on the forums to the MoCH before making your nomination. MoCH staff reserve the right to determine what candidates qualify for the competition.

2 - All nominees must be from an Anime Series (OVA/OAV, movies, ONA, tv series), a Japanese Video Game, or a Japanese Manga. Please no Hentai/Porn. Again, even if a character does not fall into this category, MoCH staff still reserve the right to determine what candidates qualify for the competition.

3 - All nominations must at least include a name, image, and the name of the media (series, movie, manga, game, etc) the nominated character appeared in. Please do not post images containing nudity. Additional information regarding your character is welcome. Please bear in mind that any of the information given in your nomination may be placed in any future MoCH publication or posting.

4 - All nominations must be posted in the nomination thread in the national forums.

5 - No previous elected Empresses can be nominated for a 2nd term. However, Royal Ambassadors, or previous runner-ups for empress can be re-nominated for a chance to be Empress. They can continue to be re-nominated indefinitely, regardless of how many times they have been elected Royal Ambassador unless they are elected Empress even once. Following that election, they are permanently disqualified from running.

6 - Empress Day Nominations begins today and will end at 00:00 eTime of eDay 2,122.

7 - Empress Day Voting will begin immediately once the nomination period is over and will end at 00:00 eTime of eDay 2,124.

8 - Campaigns for specific nominations are allowed, but the MoCH will take no part in the campaigns. However, the MoCH will post content from each nomination in a uniform format in a future voting announcement article.

9 - The person who nominates the winning Empress will receive ¥2000 and the remainder of the MoCH's miscellaneous inventory and donated for this month. The runner up will receive ¥1000.

10 - The Minister of Culture and History reserves the right to change these rules at any time. The MoCH also reserves the right to disqualify nominations if rules are broken or if any questionable matters arise.




Empress Day Links & Prizes
Winning Empress Receives ¥2000
Runner Up Royal Ambassador Receives ¥1000
Nomination & Discussion Thread ~HERE~
Past Empresses of eJapan



First off, I would like to say the MoCH is glad to see our History & Graphics director continuing with us in a new term, they have done GREAT work so far and I look forward to see their work this term, make sure you show your appreciation for their hard work. History Director has more citizen interviews planned, plus some eRepublik wiki pages for political parties, help update or create them, so make sure you help him out when he needs it. Our Graphics Director will be helping to complete the final step in Cultural Awards Placards, creating a new placard wall for the trolls of the year, so make sure you go check out the Wall of Recognition in the MoCH forums later this term.

Later this month will be eJapan’s “National Foundation Day”, in RL Japan it is a patriotic holiday celebrating the accession of Japan’s first Emperor. In RL Japan it is held on February 11th, but eJapan’s first Emperor was official when the first Constitution was passed on September 1st 2009. Our National Foundation Day will celebrate our once strong foundation, and our hopes to create a new strong foundation that will once again unite eJapan and bring us our 2nd Emperor.

One final subject, a discussion has started in the forums about what holiday to celebrate in October, should be have an Health & Sports Day, or should we start a Halloween tradition, something that is even catching on in RL Japan. The thread is in the MoCH forums, let us know what holiday and any ideas you may have for an event.

Thank you all for taking the time to read it all, I appreciate it, but make sure you get to the forums and support the MoCH & its events!

Minister of Culture & History: DankChronic
Vice Minister of Culture & History:
History Director: Nicolas Bonaparte
Graphics Director: Turt037