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japan’s beloved east Emperor Akihito Palace officials said his heart condition has stabilized after health concerns earlier this year and Tuesday would have been his 92nd birthday.
Emperor’s father Akihito naruhitoHe was diagnosed with insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle in May, but his condition is stable after starting a new medication in July, the Imperial Household Agency said in a statement.
The agency said he still enjoys scientific research on goby fish, career work in which he found 10 new species, and he visits a biology laboratory on the palace complex twice a week.
Akihito, who has held the title of emperor emeritus since his abdication in 2019, was to celebrate his birthday with his family and welcome guests, including Japani Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi,
Akihito, known for his efforts to improve Japan’s wartime past, repeatedly prayed for World War II’s victims and survivors as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Akihito and his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko, observed a moment of silence on four key dates of the war 80 years ago – the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the atomic bombings. hiroshima And Nagasaki, and the day of Japan’s surrender – said the IHA.
He has said that the war fought in the name of his father Hirohito should not be forgotten.
In August, Akihito and his wife visited a resort in Karuizawa in central Japan, where he was temporarily evacuated as a child during the war, and where the couple began a romance years later.