Below: Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at Tokyo International Airport on April 8, 2015, on their way to visit the Republic of Palau to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photos by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
Emperor Akihito (second from right) says goodbye to his sons, Crown Prince Naruhito (left) and Prince Akishino (center), as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) looks on.