http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/emperor-akihito2010-12-22T20:31:49Z2010-06-26T01:46:38ZAFP Global Editiontag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-26:/u.s.-congressional-politics/japanese-emperor-wont-visit-pearl-harbor-palace-248371a/

<div><p><a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Japanese Emperor Akihito</a> and <a title="Empress Michiko" href="/topic/Empress+Michiko" >Empress Michiko</a> will not visit <a title="Pearl Harbor" href="/topic/Pearl+Harbor" >Pearl Harbor</a> during their planned tour of <a title="Canada" href="/topic/Canada" >Canada</a> and <a title="Hawaii" href="/topic/Hawaii" >Hawaii</a> this summer, a palace official said Friday.</p><p>"The purpose of the visits is not for the repose of pe...

2010-12-22T20:31:49ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-22:/photo/japan-emperor-birthday-2401435p/

In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 and released by the <a title="Imperial Household Agency of Japan" href="/topic/Imperial+Household+Agency+of+Japan" >Imperial Household Agency of Japan</a>, <a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Emperor Akihito</a> and <a title="Empress Michiko" href="/topic/Empress+Michiko" >Empress Michiko</a> admire autumn leaves during their stroll at Fukiage Garden in the <a title="Imperial Palace" href="/topic/Imperial+Palace" >Imperial Palace...

2010-08-15T02:45:07ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-08-15:/photo/japan-war-anniversary-2331341p/

<a title="Japan" href="/topic/Japan" >Japan</a>'s <a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Emperor Akihito</a> and <a title="Empress Michiko" href="/topic/Empress+Michiko" >Empress Michiko</a> bow deeply in front of a huge bank of chrysanthemums to offer prayers for the war dead at Budokan martial arts hall in <a title="Tokyo" href="/topic/Tokyo" >Tokyo</a> Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)<div id="copyri...

2010-03-29T00:24:13ZGetty Imagestag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-29:/photo/people-celebrate-emperor-akihitos-76th-birthday-2019937p/

<a title="Tokyo" href="/topic/Tokyo" >TOKYO</a> - DECEMBER 23: A Japanese woman waves the national flag to celebrate <a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Emperor Akihito</a>'s 76th birthday at the <a title="Imperial Palace" href="/topic/Imperial+Palace" >Imperial Palace</a> on December 23, 2009 in Tokyo, <a title="Japan" href="/topic/Japan" >Japan</a>. Akihito acceded to the thrown on January 7, 1989. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/<a title="Getty Images Inc." href="/topic/Gett...

2010-06-25T22:25:13ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-25:/photo/aptopix-japan-obama-asia-1939889p/

<a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >U.S. President Barack Obama</a> bows as he is greeted by <a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Japanese Emperor Akihito</a> and <a title="Empress Michiko" href="/topic/Empress+Michiko" >Empress Michiko</a> as he arrives at the <a title="Imperial Palace" href="/topic/Imperial+Palace" >Imperial Palace</a> in <a title="Tokyo" href="/topic/Tokyo" >Tokyo</a>, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) <div id="copyright...

2010-06-25T22:25:35ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-25:/photo/japan-obama-asia-1939727p/

<a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >U.S. President Barack Obama</a>, left, bows as he is greeted by <a title="Emperor Akihito" href="/topic/Emperor+Akihito" >Japanese Emperor Akihito</a> and <a title="Empress Michiko" href="/topic/Empress+Michiko" >Empress Michiko</a> as he arrives at the <a title="Imperial Palace" href="/topic/Imperial+Palace" >Imperial Palace</a> in <a title="Tokyo" href="/topic/Tokyo" >Tokyo</a>, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Obama is on a two-day visit in <a title...