Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Okinawa Prefecture in late March, it was learned Friday.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Okinawa Prefecture in late March, it was learned Friday.
As part of the tour, the Emperor and the Empress are expected to make their first-ever visit to the island of Yonaguni, the country’s westernmost point, Okinawa prefectural government officials said. The upcoming visit to the southernmost Japan prefecture will be the couple’s sixth since the Emperor’s accession to the throne in 1989. This is expected to be their final Okinawa visit as the Emperor and the Empress.
