Emperor bows to hearse carrying empress dowager's coffin

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R), along with Crown Prince Naruhito (L), bow to a hearse carrying the coffin of Empress Dowager Nagako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 25. The funeral ceremony, called ''Renso-no-gi'' in Japanese, was held at the Toshimagaoka imperial cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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