Emperor Akihito

• 1 Japan's Emperor returns to seclusion after tsunami memorial service
  As his country remembered their dead one year after the deadly tsunami that wreaked havoc, Japan's Emperor Akihito cut a frail but determined figure Bowing low before the memorial, accompanied by his...

• 2 Japan's Emperor Akihito enters hospital ahead of heart surgery
  Emperor Akihito of Japan has been admitted to hospital in Tokyo ahead of scheduled heart surgery. The 78-year-old, who has suffered from poor health recently, will spend five hours in surgery at the University...

• 3 Japanese royals reminisce with old acquaintances on a trip down memory lane
  In 1953 a shy young prince of 19 visited Canada on his first trip abroad and was delighted by his warm reception. This week, the royal - now Emperor Akihito of Japan - returned, and was keen to retrace...