Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - People sign their names in the visitors' register at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012, to express their support for Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor entered the same day the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.

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