Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko losing weight, poorly since September - palace


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  • Friday, 13 Dec 2019

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko who underwent successful surgery to remove cancer in her left breast on September 8, leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo, Japan September 10, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko has been vomiting blood and losing weight since September, when she had surgery for early-stage breast cancer, but the cause of both remains undetermined, a palace official said on Friday.

It was the most detailed update on the health of the 85-year-old retired empress since her surgery.

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