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Japanese Emperor Akihito (R, Front) welcomes visiting French President Francois Hollande (L, Front) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on June 7, 2013. Hollande is in Japan for a three-day visit. (Xinhua/Ma Ping) 1 2 3 1

Share· Comment · print · T+· T- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur with Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during a meeting at Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday. Photo: PTI More In: International | News ...

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will hand over public duties of visiting kindergartens and nursing homes to their children after both of them turn 80, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The couple expressed a wish to pass on the duties, ...

Kimimasa Mayama / REUTERS Diana, Princess of Wales, during a banquet for Japanese Emperor Akihito in Tokyo November 12, 1990. Princess Diana's younger brother, Earl Spencer, will close the museum featuring artifacts from his sister's life next year, ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko before giving a speech during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of Japan's restoration of sovereignty and return into the international community seven years after its ...

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hosted their annual spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden in Tokyo on Thursday. Other members of the imperial family, including Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, also attended.

Naruhito, the 53-year-old son and heir of Emperor Akihito, begins a week-long visit with formal niceties including a meeting with the Spanish royal family and the opening of a Japan-Spain business cooperation council. But the prince will leave ...

Japan's Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko, pictured in Yokohama, on June 1, 2013 Pool/AFP YOKOHAMA, Japan, Jun 2 Japan said on Sunday it would give $1 billion in aid to help stabilise the Sahel region of Africa, months after the deaths ...

Akihito Ochi is a Japanese pianist with Down syndrome. He started playing piano at nine years old and later began to compose his own music. At age 14, he performed his compositions in public for the first time. His music is full of heart and is ...