Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd L) and Empress Michiko (2nd R) arrive for a meeting with family members of Japanese veterans living in Vietnam at a hotel in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. The 83-year-old Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to the country, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / MINH HOANG (Photo credit should read MINH HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese Emperor Akihito (2R) and Empress Michiko (R) attend a reception hosted by the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2L) and Phuc's wife Tran Nguyet Thu (L) at a hotel in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / KHAM (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) leave after meeting with Vietnamese alumni studying in Japan at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi March 2, 2017. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are on a six-day visit and are expected to meet with surviving widows and family members of Japanese WWII war veterans. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / LUONG THAI LINH (Photo credit should read LUONG THAI LINH/AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese Emperor Akihito (2L) and Empress Michiko (2R) raise a toast with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and Phuc's wife Tran Nguyet Thu at a reception hosted by the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam at a hotel in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. (Photo by KHAM / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at Hanoi airport on February 28, 2017. Japan's emperor arrived in Vietnam on February 28 for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers during World War II. / AFP / POOL / KHAM (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
