Emperor, empress host spring garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) talks with Makoto Kobayashi (2nd from R) and Toshihide Masukawa (4th from R), winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics, during a spring garden party at Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 16, with Empress Michiko standing by him.

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