Japanese Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital on Tuesday for a heart examination ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon for a heart examination.

The father of Emperor Naruhito arrived at the hospital by car around 3 p.m., accompanied by Empress Emerita Michiko, 90. In a routine checkup at the Hospital of the Imperial Household in mid-April ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a routine checkup, Japanese media reports said Monday.