Japan's Emperor Akihito arrives at the Ottawa International Airport July 3, 2009. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan are on an 11-day official visit to Canada. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Japan's Emperor Akihito arrives at the Ottawa International Airport July 3, 2009. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan are on an 11-day official visit to Canada.

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  1. US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  2. US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  3. Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) welcome visiting US President Barack Obama (L) as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  4. US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito (C) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  5. US President Barack Obama (L) bows as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and as Empress Michiko (R) looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  6. US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito looks on upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  7. US President Barack Obama (L) prepares to bow as he shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) upon Obama's arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America's first 'Pacific president', Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to 'contain' China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future.
  8. Thousands people wave Japan's national flags as Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) appear on a large screen during a ceremony to celebrate the 20 years anniversary on the throne at a square in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 12, 2009.
  9. Riot policemen control traffic in Tokyo on November 12, 2009 for the security surrounding Emperor Akihito's 20th anniversary on the throne and the visit of US President Barack Obama. Obama will make his first visit to Japan on November 13.
  10. Riot policemen control traffic in Tokyo on November 12, 2009 for the security surrounding Emperor Akihito's 20th anniversary on the throne and the visit of US President Barack Obama. Obama will make his first visit to Japan on November 13.
  11. Riot policemen control traffic in Tokyo on November 12, 2009 for the security surrounding Emperor Akihito's 20th anniversary on the throne and the visit of US President Barack Obama. Obama will make his first visit to Japan on November 13.
  12. Peruvian President Alan Garcia (L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito upon his arrival at the imperial palace in Tokyo on November 11, 2009. Garcia is on a two-day official visit.
  13. Peruvian President Alan Garcia (L) shakes hands with Japanese Emperor Akihito upon his arrival at the imperial palace in Tokyo on November 11, 2009. Garcia is on a two-day official visit.
  14. Japan's Emperor Akihito delivers a speech at the opening ceremonies of the extra Diet session in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito should be able to speak his mind rather than read from a bureaucrat's prepared script when he next opens parliament, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada suggested on October 23. The 75-year-old opens sessions of the Diet legislature, but his prepared messages have been almost identical every time, Okada told reporters later, acknowledging that Akihito under the constitution must steer clear of politics.
  15. Japan's Emperor Akihito delivers a speech at the opening ceremonies of the extra Diet session in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito should be able to speak his mind rather than read from a bureaucrat's prepared script when he next opens parliament, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada suggested on October 23. The 75-year-old opens sessions of the Diet legislature, but his prepared messages have been almost identical every time, Okada told reporters later, acknowledging that Akihito under the constitution must steer clear of politics.
  16. Japan's Emperor Akihito delivers a speech at the opening ceremonies of the extra Diet session in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Japan's Emperor Akihito should be able to speak his mind rather than read from a bureaucrat's prepared script when he next opens parliament, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada suggested on October 23. The 75-year-old opens sessions of the Diet legislature, but his prepared messages have been almost identical every time, Okada told reporters later, acknowledging that Akihito under the constitution must steer clear of politics.

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