In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took "deep comfort" that his long reign had been one of peace as he remembered the "countless lives" lost in World War II.

Japanese emperor stresses his peaceful reign ahead of abdication

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Japanese emperor stresses his peaceful reign ahead of abdication