TOKYO: Japan's Emperor Akihito was admitted into a public hospital for the first time yesterday, where he will have surgery for prostate cancer, the Imperial Household Agency said.
The 69-year-old emperor, accompanied by his wife, Empress Michiko, was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital, where he will have the surgery tomorrow, a spokesman at the agency said.
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