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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)

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)

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Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd L) and Empress Michiko (L) meet Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2nd R) and Phuc's wife Tran Nguyet Thu in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. The 83-year-old Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to Vietnam, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / KHAM (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd L) and Empress Michiko (L) meet Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2nd R) and Phuc's wife Tran Nguyet Thu in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. 
The 83-year-old Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to Vietnam, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / KHAM        (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)

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Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) attend a wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Vietnamese late President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi on March 1, 2017. - Japan's emperor arrived in Vietnam on February 28 for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers who stayed there after World War II. (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUONG THAI LINH/AFP/Getty Images)

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R) attend a wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Vietnamese late President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi on March 1, 2017. - Japan's emperor arrived in Vietnam on February 28 for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers who stayed there after World War II. (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP)        (Photo credit should read LUONG THAI LINH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Japan's Empress Michiko leaves after a tea ceremony hosted by Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (not pictured) in Hanoi March 3, 2017. The 83-year-old Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to Vietnam, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / LUONG THAI LINH (Photo credit should read LUONG THAI LINH/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan's Empress Michiko leaves after a tea ceremony hosted by Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (not pictured) in Hanoi March 3, 2017. 
The 83-year-old Japanese emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, are on their first visit to Vietnam, the latest in a series of trips to former battlegrounds. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / LUONG THAI LINH        (Photo credit should read LUONG THAI LINH/AFP/Getty Images)

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Japan's Emperor Akihito (centre L) and Empress Michiko (centre R) wave as they leave the Vietnam National University after visiting its Biological Museum in Hanoi on March 2, 2017. Japan's royal couple on March 2 listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier fathers after WWII, a symbolic meeting in Hanoi aimed at healing wounds between the former war foes. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan's Emperor Akihito (centre L) and Empress Michiko (centre R) wave as they leave the Vietnam National University after visiting its Biological Museum in Hanoi on March 2, 2017.
Japan's royal couple on March 2 listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their Japanese soldier fathers after WWII, a symbolic meeting in Hanoi aimed at healing wounds between the former war foes. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / HOANG DINH Nam        (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)