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In this photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, its Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko pose for a photograph at their residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, ahead of Michiko's 90th birthday Sunday. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko marks her 90th birthday as she recovers from a broken leg

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2019, file photo, then Japan's Empress Michiko attends the award ceremony of the Midori Academic Prize, in Tokyo. Japanese palace officials say former Empress Michiko has a breast cancer and will have an operation. The Imperial Household Agency said Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, that doctors found Michiko has an early stage of breast cancer that was initially found in a health check in July. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

Japan’s ex-Empress Michiko has early stage breast cancer

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Japan's former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko smile as they board a bullet train bound for Kyoto, at Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Japan's 84-year-old former Empress Michiko has a heart problem that needs monitoring but can go ahead with a planned trip to the ancient capital of Kyoto with her husband, who recently abdicated as emperor, media reports said Monday.(Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s former empress has heart problem but fine to travel

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Report: Japan’s 84-year-old former empress has heart problem

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - 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, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s emperor and empress celebrate 60 years of marriage

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Feb. 3, 2019, photo, Kazuo Oda, a retired trading house executive and longtime tennis friend of Emperor Akihito, speaks on a photograph showing Oda with then Crown Price Akihito and Michiko Shoda, who become Empress Michiko, during an exclusive interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo. Akihito’s Heisei era will end when he abdicates on April 30 in favor of his elder son, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, beginning a new, as yet unnamed era. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Correction: Japan-Emperor story

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press