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Japan's royal family members, Crown Prime Naruhito (L), Crown Princess Masako (2nd L), Prince Akishino (3rd L) and Princess Kiko (R) see off Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as they lave for Vietnam from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on February 28, 2017.
Japan's emperor left for Vietnam on February 28 to meet families of Japanese soldiers sent there by his father more than seven decades earlier during World War II. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)