ASSOCIATED PRESS. Japan’s Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko, right, leave after the celebration ceremony of their 60th wedding anniversary at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo today.

Emperor Akihito does not have the appearance of a revolutionary. He is small, modest and softly spoken. ... "and that is exactly how he has lived these nearly 60 years." ...

TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate on Tuesday in favor of his elder son, ... Akihito, together with Empress Michiko, his wife of 60 years and the first commoner to marry an imperial heir, ...

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their Diamond anniversary on Wednesday (April 10), marking six decades of a marriage that helped modernise the monarchy. Akihito, 85 ...

Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko visit the Kyoto Garden in London's Holland Park on May 17, 2012. BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary just three weeks before he abdicates his throne. The couple met at a 1957 tennis tournament ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko, right, leave after the celebration ceremony of their 60th wedding anniversary at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

Emperor Akihito does not have the appearance of a revolutionary. ... "and that is exactly how he has lived these nearly 60 years." But for some time, Emperor Akihito has been in declining health.

TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their Diamond anniversary on Wednesday (April 10), marking six decades of a marriage that helped modernise the monarchy.

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Wednesday just three weeks before he abdicates his throne. The couple met at a 1957 tennis ...