Emperor hopes to see abdication system introduced, friend says

Image taken from a video shot Nov. 30, 2016, shows 82-year-old Mototsugu Akashi, an old friend of Japanese Emperor Akihito, giving an interview to Kyodo News. Akashi said the emperor hopes to see a system put in place enabling an emperor to abdicate, out of concern the imperial court may be split into factions in the event a regent is appointed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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