Translation of the original text of Jun no Dai:

My Emperor's royal lineage has been passed down for a thousand generations, and it has been passed down for eight thousand generations until the small stone becomes a giant rock, and until the giant rock grows moss.

Jun-no-Yo (Japanese: 君が代; Roman: Kimigayo), the national anthem of Japan, was originally composed by Okuyoshi, a musician from the Miyauchi Prefecture's Shibu-cha, with the appropriate words for the anthem chosen by Iwami Oyama, then captain of the Satsuma Clan's infantry, and then arranged by Yakuza musician Hiroshimori Hayashi.

In August 1999, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Diet passed the National Flag and National Anthem Act, which designates the "Nissho Flag" and the "Junno Dai" as the national flag and national anthem of Japan, respectively.

At present, NHK Education regularly broadcasts "Kunnoyo" before midnight, while NHK General, which broadcasts mostly around the clock, only broadcasts "Kunnoyo" when it closes at midnight due to maintenance of its equipment, and reads out the name of the station and its call sign after the broadcast.

Today, the national flag is flown and the national anthem is played at ceremonies on Japan's national holidays, as well as on other joyous traditional public ****festivals and ceremonies to welcome foreign guests. In addition, many Japanese citizens hang the national flag outside their front doors on national holidays. The national anthem, Jun-no-Yo, is also played on informal occasions, such as at international sporting events where Japanese teams represent their country. In sumo leagues, the national anthem is also usually played before the start of the prize-giving ceremony.

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