Tokugawa clan looks to slam the gate on future chief's marriage to foreigner
Modern day members of the Tokugawa clan -- the xenophobic dynasty of Shoguns that shut Japan off from the world for centuries -- are up in arms because the man set to one day become head of the family has married a non-Japanese, according to Shukan Shincho (9/20).
Iehiro Tokugawa, who is poised to one day become the 19th head of the clan that ruled the country as Shoguns from 1603 to 1868 and maintained a rigid ban on foreigners entering Japan, has tied the knot with a Vietnamese woman.
Best quote: "She comes from a good family. She's petite and pretty. She's a complete contrast to Iehiro."