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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito looks back before boarding his plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Naruhito, Japan’s next emperor, was heading to France on Friday for a nine-day goodwill visit. His 84-year-old father, Emperor Akihito, is abdicating next year, handing the Chrysanthemum throne to the 58-year-old prince. (Akiko Matsushita/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s next emperor heads to France for goodwill visit

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Worshippers release doves, wishing for the world's peace, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked Wednesday the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese emperor tries to make amends for his father’s war

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 19, 2018, file photo, Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch as Prince Hisahito participates in a sports event at a primary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are visiting Hawaii for the first time. The Japanese royal couple is on Oahu from June 4 to June 8, 2018, as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. They will visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl and the Ehime Maru Memorial on Monday, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.S. submarine collided with a Japanese ship, and attend dinner with Gov. David Ige. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

Japanese royal couple in Hawaii on first official US visit

By SOPHIA YAN and AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Japan's Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers from the bullet-proofed balcony during New Year's public appearance with his family members at Imperial Palace in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. Akihito, who is handing the Chrysanthemum Throne to his son next year, is being showered with cheers from tens of thousands of New Year's well-wishers at the palace. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Akihito, Japan’s emperor, greets cheering crowd at palace for new year

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, Japan's Emperor Akihito, right, and Crown Prince Naruhito, left, walk at Haneda international airport in Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, Emperor Akihito plans to abdicate on April 30, 2019, in the first such abdication in about 200 years. The emperor will be 85 by then.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan’s Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan's Princess Mako, right, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her fiance Kei Komuro, look at each other during a press conference at Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, says she is getting married to her university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

Japanese Princess Mako engaged to college love; wedding next year

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, Japan's Emperor Akihito, right, and Crown Prince Naruhito walk at Haneda international airport in Tokyo. Japan's Cabinet has approved for legislative debate a bill to allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate. The legislation endorsed Friday, May 19, 2017 would allow Crown Prince Naruhito to succeed his father as emperor. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan’s Cabinet OKs bill to let Emperor Akihito abdicate

Associated Press

A screen displays Japanese Emperor Akihito delivering a speech in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. The Japanese emperor, in a rare address to the public, signaled Monday his apparent wish to abdicate by expressing concern about his ability to carry out his duties fully. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan Emperor Akihito says he’s concerned about fulfilling duties

By Mari Yamaguchi

Residents of Kamaishi, Japan, walk away with personal items that they recovered from their damaged home in the aftermath of Friday's tsunami. Two search-and-rescue teams from the United States and one from the United Kingdom with a total of about 220 personnel searched the town for survivors on Thursday, March 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Emperor comforts Japan in 1st TV talk

By Christopher Johnson - The Washington Times

Asia stops to remember end of WWII

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press