Emperor's teacher Elizabeth Vining dies at 97

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo of an English class in Tokyo by Elizabeth Vining in July 1947, with then Crown Prince Akihito (second from the back on left) in the class. Vining died at a nursing home in Philadelphia on Nov. 27. She was 97. During her tenure in Japan from October 1946 to December 1950, Vining, a native of Philadelphia, taught English to the teenage crown prince and other members of the imperial family.

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TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo of an English class in Tokyo by Elizabeth Vining in July 1947, with then Crown Prince Akihito (second from the back on left) in the class. Vining died at a nursing home in Philadelphia on Nov. 27. She was 97. During her tenure in Japan from October 1946 to December 1950, Vining, a native of Philadelphia, taught English to the teenage crown prince and other members of the imperial family.