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 4 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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. TOKYO - OCTOBER 26: Japanese Emperor Akihito attends the opening ceremony to deliver a speech to open the 173rd Extraordinary Diet Session at the Upper House on October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government will bring 12 bills including measures to combat the H1N1 Influenza and to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. during the 36-day session.
  6. TOKYO - OCTOBER 26: Japanese Emperor Akihito attends the opening ceremony to deliver a speech to open the 173rd Extraordinary Diet Session at the Upper House on October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government will bring 12 bills including measures to combat the H1N1 Influenza and to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. during the 36-day session.
  7. TOKYO - OCTOBER 26: Japanese Emperor Akihito attends the opening ceremony to deliver a speech to open the 173rd Extraordinary Diet Session in the Upper House on October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese government will bring 12 bills including measures to combat the H1N1 Influenza and to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. during the 36-day session.
  8. TOKYO - OCTOBER 26: Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) attends the opening ceremony to deliver a speech to open the 173rd Extraordinary Diet Session in the Upper House on October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese government will bring 12 bills including measures to combat the H1N1 Influenza and to freeze the sale of shares in Japan Post Holdings Co. during the 36-day session.
  9. Japanese Emperor Akihito leaves the national Diet as he declared the opening of the Diet session in Tokyo on September 18, 2009. Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on September 18 began unwinding policies of the conservatives they ousted -- axing a mega-dam, pledging to reverse some market reforms and probing secret Cold War US defence pacts.
  10. Japanese Emperor Akihito declares the opening of the new session at the national Diet in Tokyo on September 18, 2009. Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on September 18 began unwinding policies of the conservatives they ousted -- axing a mega-dam, pledging to reverse some market reforms and probing secret Cold War US defence pacts.
  11. Japanese Emperor Akihito declares the opening of the new session at the national Diet in Tokyo on September 18, 2009. Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on September 18 began unwinding policies of the conservatives they ousted -- axing a mega-dam, pledging to reverse some market reforms and probing secret Cold War US defence pacts.
  12. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) smiles with his cabinet members for photo session after they were inaugurated before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 16, 2009. (First row L-R) Consumer Minister Mizuho Fukushima, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Hatoyama, Financial Affairs, Postal Reform Minister Shizuka Kamei and National Public Safety Committee Chair Hiroshi Nakai.
  13. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second from right, receives a certificate from Japan's Emperor Akihito, left, as former Prime Minister Taro Aso, second left, looks on, during an installation ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept.
  14. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) smiles with his cabinet members for photo session after they were inaugurated before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 16, 2009.
  15. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C), accompanied by his coalition Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (L), leads his cabinet members for photo session after they were inaugurated before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 16, 2009.
  16. Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C), accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), leads his cabinet members for photo session after they were inaugurated before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 16, 2009.

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