Japan's empress turns 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows Empress Michiko (C) playing the piano with a violist and a clarinetist in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The empress, on the occasion of her 80th birthday on Oct 20, expressed hope that peace can be brought about ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II next year.

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