"John R. Yamamoto- Wilson" <john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in message news:<bb6rbi$2s73$1@kanna.cc.sophia.ac.jp>...

> At any rate, whereas England continued to be the main power-holder in the
> British Isles, Yamato finally gave way, and the seat of power shifted. 

Well, Britain still holds its main power but as far as I know,
Scotland wants to be independent and you have already lost the
majority of Ireland. And I think the real main power-holder of your
Anglo-Saxon world is not Britain anymore, and it's your countrymen US
now, just like our countrymen Tokyo holds the real power of Japan. So
you say Kinai is the one that lost its power but I think England
itself is also kinda Western version of Kinai. You have all those
traditional and classic things, but economically, Britain is behind
the US, just like we have all those traditional classic things in
Kinai, but recently, economically behind Tokyo.