Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan (born 23.12.1933)

14.07.2009 - Canada Japan Emperor.Japanese Emperor Akihito waves to the crowd as he and Empress Michiko board their plane in Richmond, Canada, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Jonathan Hayward...
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21.03.2012 - March 21, 2012 - Tokyo, Japan - Japan's Emperor AKIHITO and Empress MICHIKO waves during an official welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, 21 March 2012. The A...
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01.11.1996 - Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl (r) unterhält sich am 1.11.1996 in Tokio mit Hilfe eines Dolmetschers mit dem japanischen Kaiser Akihito (l). Der Kanzler sagte nach der Audienz bei Akihi...
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07.04.1997 - Bundespräsident Roman Herzog (m) zwischen dem japanischen Kaiser Akihito der Kaiserin Michiko. Der Tenno hatte zu Ehren seines Gastes aus Deutschland zu einem Staatsbankett in den...
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01.07.2002 - Der japanische Kaier Akihito (2.v.r.) begrüßt Bundespräsident Johannes Rau (2.v.l.) am 1.7.2002 im Kaiserpalast in Tokio. Links steht Christina Rau, rechts die Kaiserin Michiko. De...
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30.08.2007 - Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und der japanische Kaiser Akihito treffen am Donnerstag (30.08.2007) in Tokio zu einem Gespräch zusammen. Tokio ist die dritte Station einer sechstägi...
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28.10.2008 - (left to right) Emperor Akihito, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales and Empress Michiko, at a private dinner at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday October 28, 200...
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08.06.2013 - Japanese Emperor Akihito stands prior to a state dinner withe the French President at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, on June 7, 2013. French President Francois Hollande is on a thr...
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06.07.2009 - Canada Japan Royals.Japanese Emperor Akihito toasts during a state dinner with Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Canada on Monday July 6, 2009. The...
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31.08.1953 - The Japanese crown prince Akihito on a dog sledge on the Jungfraujoch in September of 1953. (KEYSTONE/PHOTOPRESS-ARCHIV/Str) Der japanische Kronprinz Akihito, ist im September 195...
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23.12.2014 - TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito holds a press conference at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of his 81st birthday on Dec. 23. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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10.05.1953 - 1JP-98-F1953-3 (1127402) Kronprinz Akihito bei Präsident Auriol Paris 1953 / Foto Akihito, Kaiser von Japan (seit 1989); geb. am 23.12. 1933. / - Kronprinz Akihito in Paris (Fran...
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10.05.2005 - OSLO 20050510 Queen Sonja and Emperor Akihito arrive to the gala dinner at the Royal Castle in Oslo, Norway, May 10, 2005. The Japanese Emperor and Empress started a 3 days long o...
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13.09.2011 - epa02994227 (FILES) A file picture dated 13 September 2011 of Japanese Emperor Akihito bowing after declaring the opening of the extraordinary session at the National Diet of Japan...
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26.01.2015 - epa04585262 Japan's Emperor Akihito walks after delivering an address for the opening of the ordinary Diet session at the Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, 26 January 2015. The Emperor p...
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01.08.2016 - epa05450745 Japan's Emperor Akihito delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 191st extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo, Japan, 01 August 2016. According to reports in m...
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15.11.2016 - Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck (r) wird am 15.11.2016 in Tokio in Japan von Kaiser Akihito zu einem Gespräch empfangen. In der Mitte ein Dolmetscher. Das deutsche Staatsoberhaupt hä...
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15.11.2016 - Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck (r) wird am 15.11.2016 in Tokio in Japan von Kaiser Akihito zu einem Gespräch empfangen. In der Mitte ein Dolmetscher. Das deutsche Staatsoberhaupt hä...
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07.02.2018 - 07.02.2018, Japan, Tokio: Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier wird von Kaiser Akihito (r) zu einem Gespräch empfangen. Foto: Maurizio Gambarini/dpa
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02.08.1953 - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito (L) congratulates Italian race car driver Farina after he won the German GP at the Nuerburgring race track on 02 August 1953.
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14.11.1952 - Das Japanische Kaiserpaar Hirohito (l-r) und seine Frau Nagako vollführen am 14.11.1952 im Kaiserpalast in Tokio eine traditionelle Zeremonie bei der Kronprinz Akihito (r, stehend...
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01.01.1953 - Der japanische Kronprinz Akihito (l, stehend) 1953 an der Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Akihito bestieg Anfang 1989 den japanischen Chrysanthementhron und wurde am 12.11.1990...
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06.06.1947 - Der japanische Kronprinz Akihito (2.v.r.) schaut sich am 06.06.1947 in Tokio gemeinsam mit seinen Klassenkameraden von der Peers School ein Baseballspiel an.
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10.09.1971 - Der japanische Prinz und Thronfolger Akihito (stehend, r), seine Frau Prinzessin Michiko (sitzend, l) und ihre beiden Söhne Prinz Hiro (Naruhito, sitzend, r-l), Prinz Aya (Akishino...
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20.11.2018 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stock carps at the pond of Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 19, 2018. The Emperor's abdication will be on April 30, 2019, and his el...
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06.11.2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump, right, talks with Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (Kyodo News via AP)
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02.01.2019 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko appear on the balcony of the Chowa-den hall to celebrate for New Year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on January 2, 2019. The Emperor, E...
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21.10.2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump, center left, talks with Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, while first lady Melania Trump, center right, talks with Empress Michiko, right, at the Imperial...
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02.01.2019 - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko appear on the balcony of the Chowa-den hall at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on January 2, 2019. The Emperor, Empress and other membe...
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29.10.2014 - King Willem-Alexander ( L) of the Netherlands and Emperor Akihito raise a glass during a state dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014. The Dutch royal couple ha...
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12.01.2019 - Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Imperial Family members attend the Imperial New Year's Lectures, a ceremony in which Imperial members listen to experts' explanations,...
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02.01.2013 - Emperor Akihito shows at a balcony as he acknowledges to well-wishers for the new year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Thousands of people...
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30.04.2019 - FILE: Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) visit Hayama to take a rest in Kanagawa Prefecture on February 3, 2005. The Imperial couple strolled around the seashore....
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02.06.2018 - Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, left, and his wife Nguyen Thi Hien, right, pose for pictures during a farewell call made by Japan's Emperor Akihito, center left, and Empress Mi...
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10.04.2019 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony for 60th anniversary of their marriage at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo on April 10, 2019. Imperial Coupl...
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23.12.2017 - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko attend the Emperor's birthday celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2017. The Emperor received the birthday congratulatio...
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16.01.2019 - (L-R) Japan's Prince Akishino, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and members of Imperial Family attend the Utakai-Hajime, the New Year's Poetry Reading, at th...
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02.03.2017 - Japanese Emperor Akihito, center left, and Empress Michiko, right, meet with Japanese community in Vietnam at a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, March 2, 2017. Akihito and Michiko...
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26.05.1998 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II accompanies Japanese Emperor Akihito to the State Banquet Hall at Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, May 26, 1998. Emperor Akihito is on a four-day...
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01.03.2017 - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko head for the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 1, 2017. The Imperial couple made a six-day official visit to Vietnam to...
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23.04.2019 - Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, is led by a Shinto priest, after visiting the tomb of his late father Hirohito to report his retirement at the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Tokyo,...
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29.10.2018 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko release fishes into a river during the national meeting for the promotion of healthy seas in Kōchi City, Kochi Prefecture on October 28,...
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02.03.2017 - Japanese Emperor Akihito, second left, and Empress Michiko, second right, raise a toast with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left,and Phuc's wife Tran Nguyet Thu, right...
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04.08.2018 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit Otatomari Numa Swamp in Rishirifuji Town, Hokkaido Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2018. It is Imperial couple's first visit to Rishiri Isla...
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23.12.2016 - Japan's Emperor Akihito waves with his imperial families from the bullet-proofed balcony as national flags are waved by well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 2...
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06.03.2017 - Japan’s Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko offer flowers and bow at the altar of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the Royal Palace, Bangkok on March 5, 2017.( The Yomi...
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20.11.2018 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko see President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore and his wife at Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 20, 2018.The Emperor's abd...
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28.02.2017 - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam on Feb. 28, 2017. The 83-year-old Emperor with the Empress has made their first offical visit to the country an...
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02.01.2017 - Emperor Akihito (center,L) and Empress Michiko (center,R) and other Imperial family members wave to well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2nd, 2017. The Emperor, Emp...
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