By AKIKO TADA/ Staff Writer
March 9, 2023 at 07:10 JST
During an autumn garden party held at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo in October 2013, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko mingle with baseball great Shigeo Nagashima, manga artist Tetsuya Chiba and other guests. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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