Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

The 91-year-old former Emperor will take the treatment to alleviate burdens on his heart. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been hospitalized in Tokyo for adjustment of medicine to treat his heart disease.

Dosage for the new treatment will be decided after the 91-year-old former emperor undergoes an electrocardiogram.

Japan's former Emperor Akihito, aged 91, was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication after being diagnosed with myocardial ischemia in May. Despite previous treatments, his condition showed little ...

When Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stood, heads bowed, at a seaside cliff on Saipan 60 years after a bloody World War Two battle, their silent prayers conveyed a message many felt ...

Akihito, along with Empress Michiko and the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, attended a short ceremony at 5 p.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in the Matsu-no-Ma state room of the Imperial Palace.

Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace.