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HIM Emperor Akihito has been instructed to rest further after his recovery from heart surgery has been complicated by fluid in the lungs. The Emperor, therefore, has traveled south of Tokyo to Hayama in order to rest with HIM...
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HIM Emperor Akihito is resting comfortably in Tokyo University Hospital after a successful heart bypass surgery today. The procedure started at 11am this morning and was completed about 5 hours later. Arriving to visit him immediately after the...
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Japan’s Emperor Akihito has checked into University of Tokyo Hospital this morning to begin preparations for heart bypass surgery on Saturday. As he entered the hospital, accompanied by his wife Empress Michiko, he bowed to the doctors...
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