Japan Emperor Emeritus Akihito

Japan Emperor Emeritus Akihito

Japan's Emperor Akihito, flanked by Imperial Household Agency officials carrying two of the so-called Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, leaves the main sanctuary as he visits the Inner shrine of the Ise Jingu shrine, ahead of his April 30, 2019 abdication, in Ise, central Japan, April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Japanese Emperor Emeritus diagnosed with heart failure, condition improved