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Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO000001" title="Japan" href="/topic/intl/japan-PLGEO000001.topic">Japan's</a> Emperor <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT00008064" title="Akihito" href="/topic/politics/government/akihito-PEPLT00008064.topic">Akihito</a> (R) and Empress Michiko leave after praying at the altar of late Prince Tomohito, a cousin of the Emperor, in Tokyo. Tomohito, who was sixth in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, died of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000010" title="Cancer" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/cancer-HEDAI0000010.topic">cancer</a> at 66 on June 6.
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( Reuters photo / June 19, 2012 )

Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko leave after praying at the altar of late Prince Tomohito, a cousin of the Emperor, in Tokyo. Tomohito, who was sixth in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, died of cancer at 66 on June 6.

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